Chennai: An ambulance was stuck in a traffic jam in Tamil Nadu’s as a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader decided to hold ‘Vetri Val Yatra’ in the city on Sunday.
The ambulance was stuck in traffic at Poonamallee High Road for at least half an hour.
A video showed a 108 ambulance standing in the traffic jam with its sirens on but people were unable to move their vehicles and clear the way for the ambulance since they were stuck too due to the yatra.
The ‘Vetri Val Yatra’ was being held by state BJP president L Murugan.
#WATCH Tamil Nadu: An ambulance was stuck in a traffic jam on Poonamallee High Road in Chennai for half an hour earlier today, during the 'Vetri Val Yatra' that is being held by state BJP President L Murugan in the city today. https://t.co/N9y0ibgVTi pic.twitter.com/tv0LmVzOBA
— ANI (@ANI) November 8, 2020
Earlier, police stopped L Murugan’s supporters from participating in the yatra on November 6 and he was detained.
The Tamil Nadu BJP chief said, “The state government is allowing other parties to take out processions and hold agitation. It is my constitutional right.”