BJP man sticks Modi's photograph on billboards for chess event

A BJP office-bearer on Wednesday affixed bright portraits of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on billboards put up here as part of the Tamil Nadu governments publicity campaign for the 44th Chess Olympiad set to commence on July 28.Amar Prasad Reddy, president of sports and skill development cell of Tamil Nadu BJP, released a video-clip of him fixing photographs of Modi on hoardings, along with two others.

A BJP office-bearer on Wednesday affixed bright portraits of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on billboards put up here as part of the Tamil Nadu government's publicity campaign for the 44th Chess Olympiad set to commence on July 28.

Amar Prasad Reddy, president of sports and skill development cell of Tamil Nadu BJP, released a video-clip of him fixing photographs of Modi on hoardings, along with two others. He posted the clip on his twitter handle.

Following this, volunteers of a Hindu outfit and BJP workers stuck Modi's photographs on billboards elsewhere in the State. As a mark of opposition, a worker of a Dravidian outfit smeared black paint over the portrait of Modi in a bus shelter here.

In the video, the saffron party functionary blamed the DMK regime for going ahead with the campaign for the chess event without including Modi's photograph and termed it a 'huge mistake.' Reddy said the Olympiad is not a State-level event but an international tournament. ''This is not a DMK party function. This is a government (sponsored) event. Prime Minister's photograph must be featured,'' he said in the video-clip.

He also urged office-bearers, party workers and those in the BJP's sports and skill development cell to emulate him and fix portraits of Modi on hoardings for the Chess Olympiad across Tamil Nadu.

Asked if he has taken permission from authorities to fix the portraits of Modi on hoardings, he retorted: ''Should Prime Minister's photograph be a part of the campaign or not? Prime Minister Modiji's portraits must definitely be part of the publicity campaign.'' When asked again, Reddy told PTI that he has not taken permission from authorities to stick Modi's photographs on billboards. He said he started fixing Prime Minister's portraits on hoardings on Wednesday.

The 44th Chess Olympiad, to be held at nearby Mamallapuram, starts on July 28 and ends on August 10. The State government has allocated Rs 92.13 crore for conducting the event.

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