NEW DELHI: As former US President and Democrat presidential candidate Donald Trump narrowly escaped an assassination attempt when a registered Republican opened fire at him on Sunday, the Bharatiya Janata Party drew parallels to Prime Minister Narendra Modi 's 2013 election campaign, which was marred by six consecutive bomb blasts . Sharing a news article from 2013, BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya said, "Never forget: When Narendra Modi was the prime ministerial candidate in 2013, six blasts went off during his rally in Patna. The terrorists had originally planned to assassinate Modi using a suicide bomber.
" Condemning attacks on world leaders, Malviya remarked, "The world is becoming increasingly unsafe. We've seen attacks on Shinzo Abe, then Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico, and now Donald Trump. The threat is real.
Vile global Left networks are at work, demonising popular and powerful leaders, plotting to bring them down so that they can control elected governments and stamp their hegemony." On October 27, 2013, as Modi stood 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, with four receiving death sentences.
The blasts occurred between 11:40 am and 12:45 pm. Investigations revealed that the terrorists initially planned to assassinate Modi with a suicide bomber but opted for bomb explosions to cause a stampede, providing a chance to target Modi in the chaos.
