Mahesh Hegde Mangalore airport girls vande mataram Photo Credit: Twitter The girls with Mahesh Hegde at Mangalore airport.

Key Highlights The girls promised to join him while singing Vande Mataram

Hedge sat there visibly uncomfortable while the girls pleaded with him to sing

Youth Congress workers shared the video and ridiculed Hegde on Twitter over the incident

Bengaluru: In a bizarre incident, three girls heckled right-wing sympathiser and prolific tweeter Mahesh Ganesh Hegde and asked him to sing Vande Mataram at Mangalore airport.

The three girls, identified as Kavita Reddy, Amulya Leona and Najma Nazeer, bumped into Hegde on Friday.

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“Please, please. We want you to sing for the country...let’s sing Vande Mataram,” one of them between Reddy and Leona said. Nazeer was seated next to Hegde at the airport, clad in a burqa and red-coloured scarf.

The girl added in Kannada, “Vikram, this is cinema opportunity. The best opportunity.”

The girls also promised to join him while singing Vande Mataram. “This is for you. It’s your time now, come on,” said another girl.

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“Funny Friday! 3 women ask @mvmeet to sing #VandeMataram but he is feeling shy. Good job @KavithaReddy16 for exposing the other side of Mahesh Vikram Hegde which many have not seen. From this expose, one thing is clear he doesn’t know Vande Mataram or he is an MCP,” a Twitter user named Bhushan said.

Hedge sat there visibly uncomfortable while the girl pleaded with him to sing.

“Do you remember what time Godse killed Gandhi? Do you remember? Come on sing, Vikram. You have been torturing us on Facebook all the while now,” one of the girls said, in reference to his posts.

Akash Banerjee, satirist and social media activist, said he was proud of the three girls.

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“The liberals have unleashed another pathetic discourse. Mahesh Vikram Hegde heckled at airport by three women, Kavita Reddy, Amulya Leona, Najma Nazeer. Will the supporters continue to be appreciative about this when the tables turn,” Twitter user Maya said in Hegde’s support.

Youth Congress workers shared the video and ridiculed Hegde on Twitter over the incident.