Senior journalist Rajdeep Sardesai of Headlines Today news channel was heckled and roughed up, allegedly by a band of supporters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, outside the Madison Square Garden venue after he got a group of anti-Modi people to air their views just ahead of the Prime Minister’s much—awaited speech to thousands of the Indian diaspora.
After the live interaction with the anti—Modi group who were outnumbered by supporters of Modi, Sardesai was heckled by Modi supporters and roughed up and pushed.
A video of the heckling was posted online as were tweets of the event.
