BJP president J P Nadda was safely evacuated from a Lord Ganesh pandal in Pune where a fire broke out when he was offering prayers along with the party s Maharashtra unit chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Tuesday evening, the police said.
Pune Police Commissioner Retesh Kumaarr said, “Our information suggests that Nadda was about to leave the pandal when the fire started. He was safely escorted out and the fire was controlled.”