'Why calling it a security lapse?': Rahul Gandhi after man tries to hug him during Bharat Jodo Yatra

During the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Punjab's Hoshiarpur on Tuesday, a man rushed and tried to hug Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. However, the man was quickly pulled away by the party workers. Later, some called it a security breach. 

Though the Congress leader did not call it a security breach. While talking to media in Hoshiarpur, Gandhi said, "I could see a person who came to hug me, I don't know why you are calling it a lapse. There is a lot of enthusiasm in this Yatra and it happens. Security people checked him and he was just excited."

A video of the incident during the Yatra has also surfaced on the internet which shows a man in a yellow jacket coming towards Rahul Gandhi and trying to hug him.

Punjab I could see a person who came to hug me, I don't know why you are calling it a lapse. There is a lot of enthusiasm in this Yatra and it happens. Security people checked him  he was just excited Rahul Gandhi in Hoshiarpur https://t.co/P5wTKFvu8e pic.twitter.com/KuWSQ35kNj

— ANI (@ANI) January 17, 2023

Meanwhile, Punjab Congress chief, Amarinder Singh Raja also refuted the claim of a security breach. "There was no security breach, people just want to meet Rahul Gandhi & he welcomes them, the man came near him after the security check and was very excited to meet Rahul Gandhi so suddenly hugged him," Raja told ANI.

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The Bharat Jodo Yatra resumed from Punjab's Tanda on Tuesday. The Bharat Jodo Yatra, which started from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu on September 7 last year, will end in Srinagar on January 30, with Rahul hoisting the tricolour there.