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After Trump assassination attempt, BJP recalls 2013 attack on PM Modi rally | India News – Times of India
NEW DELHI: As a former US President and Democratic presidential candidate Donald Trump narrowly escaped a attempted murder When a registered Republican opened fire on him on Sunday, the Bharatiya Janata Party drew parallels with the prime minister Narendra Modithe 2013 election campaign, which was marred by six consecutive bomb explosions.
Amit Malviya, the BJP’s IT cell chief, shared a news article from 2013 and said, “Never forget: When Narendra Modi was a prime ministerial candidate in 2013, six explosions took place during his rally in Patna. The terrorists had originally planned to assassinate Modi using a suicide bomber.”
Malviya condemned attacks on world leaders, noting: “The world is becoming increasingly unsafe. We have seen attacks on Shinzo Abe, then Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico and now Donald Trump. The threat is real. Disgusting global leftist networks are at work, demonizing popular and powerful leaders, plotting to overthrow them so they can control elected governments and establish their hegemony.”
On October 27, 2013, when Modi was on stage at the ‘Hunkar Rally’ in Patna’s Gandhi Maidan, bombs exploded. Six people were killed and in 2021, nine terrorists were convicted for the attacks, four of whom were given the death penalty. The explosions took place between 11:40 am and 12:45 pm. Investigations revealed that the terrorists initially planned to assassinate Modi using a suicide bomber, but opted for bomb explosions to trigger a stampede, which provided an opportunity to target Modi amid the chaos.
The National Research Bureau (NIA) found that the accused had conducted reconnaissance of Modi’s rallies across the country and concluded that it was almost impossible to attack Modi with firearms due to his tight security. According to the NIA’s charge sheet, “they decided to detonate IEDs during the election rally in Patna, with the intention of killing many people, which caused a stampede in which Modi could be attacked at close range.”
A special court of the NIA has convicted nine members of the banned terrorist organisation SIMI guilty of the 2013 serial blasts that killed six people and injured 89 at Modi’s rally. One of the 10 accused, Fakkruddin, was acquitted due to lack of evidence. The court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Gurvinder Singh Malhotra will pronounce the sentences on November 1. Special Public Prosecutor Lallan Prasad Sinha said the NIA would seek the death penalty for at least five of the nine convicts.
Five of the convicts – Haider Ali (alias Black Beauty), Imtiaz Ansari, Umer Siddique, Azharuddin Qureshi and Mujibullah Ansari – are already serving life sentences for the Bodh Gaya Mahabodhi bombings, three months before the Patna attack. The other four convicts are Numan Ansari, Ahmad Hussain, Mohammad Feroz Aslam and Mohammad Ifteqaar Alam. One of the original 12 accused was convicted by the Juvenile Justice Board in Patna.
“The original plan was to assassinate Modi through suicide attacks, but the terrorists abandoned the plan after a reconnaissance revealed that his fortress-like security cover would be difficult to breach,” the special prosecutor said. PM Modi was then the chief minister of Gujarat.
The NIA found that the terrorists detonated a suicide vest tied to a palm tree in the Sithiyo area of Ranchi while preparing for the serial blasts. The conspiracy came to light with the arrest of Imtiaz, who was injured in an accidental blast at the Patna railway junction on the day of Modi’s rally. Another suspected SIMI terrorist, Tariq Ajam Ansari, was killed when he placed a pencil battery in an IED in a public toilet on platform 10 of the station. Three IEDs were later defused at the rally site.
Amit Malviya, the BJP’s IT cell chief, shared a news article from 2013 and said, “Never forget: When Narendra Modi was a prime ministerial candidate in 2013, six explosions took place during his rally in Patna. The terrorists had originally planned to assassinate Modi using a suicide bomber.”
Malviya condemned attacks on world leaders, noting: “The world is becoming increasingly unsafe. We have seen attacks on Shinzo Abe, then Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico and now Donald Trump. The threat is real. Disgusting global leftist networks are at work, demonizing popular and powerful leaders, plotting to overthrow them so they can control elected governments and establish their hegemony.”
On October 27, 2013, when Modi was on stage at the ‘Hunkar Rally’ in Patna’s Gandhi Maidan, bombs exploded. Six people were killed and in 2021, nine terrorists were convicted for the attacks, four of whom were given the death penalty. The explosions took place between 11:40 am and 12:45 pm. Investigations revealed that the terrorists initially planned to assassinate Modi using a suicide bomber, but opted for bomb explosions to trigger a stampede, which provided an opportunity to target Modi amid the chaos.
The National Research Bureau (NIA) found that the accused had conducted reconnaissance of Modi’s rallies across the country and concluded that it was almost impossible to attack Modi with firearms due to his tight security. According to the NIA’s charge sheet, “they decided to detonate IEDs during the election rally in Patna, with the intention of killing many people, which caused a stampede in which Modi could be attacked at close range.”
A special court of the NIA has convicted nine members of the banned terrorist organisation SIMI guilty of the 2013 serial blasts that killed six people and injured 89 at Modi’s rally. One of the 10 accused, Fakkruddin, was acquitted due to lack of evidence. The court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Gurvinder Singh Malhotra will pronounce the sentences on November 1. Special Public Prosecutor Lallan Prasad Sinha said the NIA would seek the death penalty for at least five of the nine convicts.
Five of the convicts – Haider Ali (alias Black Beauty), Imtiaz Ansari, Umer Siddique, Azharuddin Qureshi and Mujibullah Ansari – are already serving life sentences for the Bodh Gaya Mahabodhi bombings, three months before the Patna attack. The other four convicts are Numan Ansari, Ahmad Hussain, Mohammad Feroz Aslam and Mohammad Ifteqaar Alam. One of the original 12 accused was convicted by the Juvenile Justice Board in Patna.
“The original plan was to assassinate Modi through suicide attacks, but the terrorists abandoned the plan after a reconnaissance revealed that his fortress-like security cover would be difficult to breach,” the special prosecutor said. PM Modi was then the chief minister of Gujarat.
The NIA found that the terrorists detonated a suicide vest tied to a palm tree in the Sithiyo area of Ranchi while preparing for the serial blasts. The conspiracy came to light with the arrest of Imtiaz, who was injured in an accidental blast at the Patna railway junction on the day of Modi’s rally. Another suspected SIMI terrorist, Tariq Ajam Ansari, was killed when he placed a pencil battery in an IED in a public toilet on platform 10 of the station. Three IEDs were later defused at the rally site.
