{"id":473898,"date":"2023-05-31T19:18:34","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T13:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=473898"},"modified":"2023-05-31T19:18:53","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T13:48:53","slug":"meenakshi-lekhi-running-viral-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/politics\/meenakshi-lekhi-running-viral-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Video of Union Minister Meenakshi Lekhi running to avoid questions on wrestlers protest goes viral; watch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A video of a Union Minister running is doing rounds on the internet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a viral video, Union Minister Meenakshi Lekhi can be seen running towards her car avoiding questions by a reporter on the issue of wrestlers protest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lekhi was kept chasing by the media person asking her comments on the ongoing wrestlers protest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"hi\" dir=\"ltr\">\u092e\u0939\u093f\u0932\u093e \u092a\u0939\u0932\u0935\u093e\u0928\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0947 \u092e\u0941\u0926\u094d\u0926\u0947 \u092a\u0930 \u0915\u0947\u0902\u0926\u094d\u0930\u0940\u092f \u092e\u0902\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u092e\u0940\u0928\u093e\u0915\u094d\u0937\u0940 \u0932\u0947\u0916\u0940 \u0928\u0947 \u0926\u0940 \u0924\u0940\u0916\u0940 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0924\u093f\u0915\u094d\u0930\u093f\u092f\u093e<br><br>\u0906\u092a \u0916\u0941\u0926 \u0926\u0947\u0916\u0947\u0902 \ud83d\udc47 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9XqyJcwmgD\">pic.twitter.com\/9XqyJcwmgD<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Congress (@INCIndia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/INCIndia\/status\/1663609994603016192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 30, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>First the Minister walked briskly and then started running towards her car with her security personnel around and fled the incident ignoring the question asked by the reporter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The incident is reportedly moments before the protesting wrestlers gathered in Haridwar where the immersion of their medals was attempted, which was later prevented by farmer leader Naresh Tikait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meenakshi Lekhi is a Lok Sabha MP representing the Delhi constituency and is Union Minister of State for External Affairs and Culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The video has gathered various reactions along with criticism from users across the internet. In fact, opposition leaders could not have got a better opportunity to criticise this action by the Minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A user wrote that being a lady minister she is avoiding the questions concerned to the country\u2019s female athletes and further slammed the BJP saying they will bring laurels in running from issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"hi\" dir=\"ltr\">\u092f\u0947 \u092e\u0940\u0928\u093e\u0915\u094d\u0937\u0940 \u0932\u0947\u0916\u0940 \u091c\u0940 \u0939\u0948 \u091c\u094b \u092e\u094b\u0926\u0940 \u0938\u0930\u0915\u093e\u0930 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0915\u0947\u0902\u0926\u094d\u0930\u0940\u092f \u092e\u0902\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u092e\u0939\u093f\u0932\u093e \u0938\u093e\u0902\u0938\u0926 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u0932\u0947\u0915\u093f\u0928 \u0905\u092a\u0928\u0947 \u0939\u0940 \u0926\u0947\u0936 \u0915\u0940  \u092e\u0939\u093f\u0932\u093e \u092a\u0939\u0932\u0935\u093e\u0928\u094b\u0902 \u0938\u0947 \u091c\u0941\u0921\u093c\u0947 \u0938\u0935\u093e\u0932 \u0938\u0947 \u092c\u091a\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f \u0915\u0948\u0938\u0940 \u092d\u093e\u0917\u0928\u0947 \u0932\u0917\u0940 \u0939\u0948<br>\u092f\u0947 \u092d\u093e\u091c\u092a\u093e \u0935\u093e\u0932\u0947 \u092d\u093e\u0917\u0928\u0947 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092e\u0947\u0921\u0932 \u0932\u093e \u0915\u0930 \u0926\u093f\u0916\u093e\u090f\u0902\u0917\u0947  \u0906\u092a \u092d\u0940 \u0926\u0947\u0916\u093f\u090f<br>\u0917\u094b\u0926\u0940 \u092e\u0940\u0921\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0926\u093f\u0916\u093e\u090f\u0917\u093e <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%96%E0%A5%80?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u092e\u0940\u0928\u093e\u0915\u094d\u0937\u0940_\u0932\u0947\u0916\u0940<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/modi_Go_back?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#modi_Go_back<\/a>\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mEEj6MGcFz\">pic.twitter.com\/mEEj6MGcFz<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Surekha Gupta (@SurekhaGupta6) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SurekhaGupta6\/status\/1663797841708613632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 31, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Aam Aadmi Party also Tweeted through its official handle tagging Lekhi as shameless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"hi\" dir=\"ltr\">\u092a\u0939\u0932\u0935\u093e\u0928\u094b\u0902 \u0938\u0947 \u091c\u0941\u0921\u093c\u0947 \u0938\u0935\u093e\u0932 \u0915\u094b \u0938\u0941\u0928\u0915\u0930 \u0938\u0930\u092a\u091f \u092d\u093e\u0917\u0940 &#39;\u092c\u0947\u0936\u0930\u094d\u092e \u092e\u0902\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0940&#39; \u092e\u0940\u0928\u093e\u0915\u094d\u0937\u0940 \u0932\u0947\u0916\u0940<br><br>\u092a\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0915\u093e\u0930: &quot;\u0906\u092a \u092e\u0939\u093f\u0932\u093e \u0938\u093e\u0902\u0938\u0926 \u0939\u0948\u0902&quot; \u0906\u092a \u092a\u0939\u0932\u0935\u093e\u0928\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0947 \u092e\u0941\u0926\u094d\u0926\u0947 \u092a\u0930 \u091a\u0941\u092a \u0915\u094d\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0939\u0948\u0902, \u0914\u0930 &quot;\u092a\u094d\u0930\u0927\u093e\u0928\u092e\u0902\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u0915\u094d\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u091a\u0941\u092a \u0939\u0948\u0902&quot; ?<br><br>Meenakshi Lekhi: \ud83c\udfc3\u200d\u2640\ufe0f\ud83c\udfc3\u200d\u2640\ufe0f\ud83c\udfc3\u200d\u2640\ufe0f\ud83c\udfc3\u200d\u2640\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/h5pVMPJC3e\">pic.twitter.com\/h5pVMPJC3e<\/a><\/p>&mdash; AAP (@AamAadmiParty) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AamAadmiParty\/status\/1663709353470492672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 31, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Congress also took a jibe at the Minister sharing the video on Twitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A user shared a hilarious picture morphing the poster of the film Bhaag Milkha Bhaag and changing it to Bhaag Lekhi Bhaag with her face on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"hi\" dir=\"ltr\">\u092a\u0939\u0932\u0935\u093e\u0928\u094b\u0902 \u0938\u0947 \u091c\u0941\u0921\u093c\u0947 \u0938\u0935\u093e\u0932 \u0915\u094b \u0938\u0941\u0928\u0915\u0930 \u0938\u0930\u092a\u091f \u092d\u093e\u0917\u0940 &#39;\u092c\u0947\u0936\u0930\u094d\u092e \u092e\u0902\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0940&#39; \u092e\u0940\u0928\u093e\u0915\u094d\u0937\u0940 \u0932\u0947\u0916\u0940<br><br>\u092a\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0915\u093e\u0930: &quot;\u0906\u092a \u092e\u0939\u093f\u0932\u093e \u0938\u093e\u0902\u0938\u0926 \u0939\u0948\u0902&quot; \u0906\u092a \u092a\u0939\u0932\u0935\u093e\u0928\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0947 \u092e\u0941\u0926\u094d\u0926\u0947 \u092a\u0930 \u091a\u0941\u092a \u0915\u094d\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0939\u0948\u0902, \u0914\u0930 &quot;\u092a\u094d\u0930\u0927\u093e\u0928\u092e\u0902\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u0915\u094d\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u091a\u0941\u092a \u0939\u0948\u0902&quot; ?<br><br>Meenakshi Lekhi: \ud83c\udfc3\u200d\u2640\ufe0f\ud83c\udfc3\u200d\u2640\ufe0f\ud83c\udfc3\u200d\u2640\ufe0f\ud83c\udfc3\u200d\u2640\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/h5pVMPJC3e\">pic.twitter.com\/h5pVMPJC3e<\/a><\/p>&mdash; AAP (@AamAadmiParty) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AamAadmiParty\/status\/1663709353470492672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 31, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The ace grapplers of India Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat and Sakshee Mallikh have been demanding action against Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh alleging sexual harassment of female athletes including some minor girls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Singh on Wednesday challenged the wrestlers that if he is found guilty he will hang himself and asked them to produce evidence before the court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lekhi was kept chasing by the media person asking her comments on the ongoing wrestlers protest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":473903,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[4,110599],"tags":[151796,43546,151720],"yst_prominent_words":[85066,24217,7396,43542,43544,43540,3688,6281,7128,36960,5619,8494,10196,4133,47555],"ppma_author":[140543],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2023\/05\/31191633\/download-14-2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":140543,"user_id":4,"is_guest":0,"slug":"apnnewsdesk","display_name":"APN Live","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/478eacb893eda88aa6ed8d99b005bf58?s=96&r=g"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473898"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=473898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473898\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/473903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=473898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=473898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=473898"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=473898"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=473898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- html is corrupted -->