Watch video: Even Anand Mahindra dazed by power of Bolero in Rajkot deluge

As torrential rains claimed at least three lives in two days in and around Gujarats Rajkot city an SUV of the local police was seen virtually slicing through the flooded roads rendering assistance to the marooned folksA video of the Mahindra Bolero SUV of the Rajkot police was posted by a local and captioned Mahindra Hai To Mumkin Hai a sly takeoff on the Bharatiya Janata Partys oftrepeated slogan to praise Prime Minister Narendra ModiThe white police SUV can be seen gliding through the flood waters on the stretch of road near the Speedwell Party Plot in a prime area of the city which has given the state two Chief Ministers including Prime Minister Narendra Modi who won a byelection in 2002 and the recently resigned Vijay Rupani who is a sitting legislator from Rajkot West Former Minister and Karnataka Governor Vajubhai R Vala had also been legislator from the stateWith most other vehicles forced off the roads by the downpour the highspeed performance of the Bolero in at least 34 feet deep flood waters earned laurels while the Rajkot Municipal Corporation was mercilessly roasted on social mediaSeeing the viral video Mahindra amp Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra was equally astounded as evident from his reactionsSeriously During the recent rains Even I am pretty amazed he said in a tweetSeriously During the recent rains Even I am pretty amazed httpstcoCo5nve9uwdmdash anand mahindra anandmahindra September 14 2021One citizen whiplashed the Rajkot civic body Happy for Mahindra but what a sad state of affairs clearly civic bodies have done nothingAnother chipped in saying while the video was certainly a great ad for the Bolero vehicles he wanted more action than the BoleroWhats the point in police moving around in a jeep in flood waters Would have been heartening to see civil aid boats 5tonners small rafts etc distributing rations medical supplies helping people move around etc rued the disappointed twitterattiAnother was all patriotic praise for the Mahindra Bolero with a whack for the BJP Happy to see the powerful SUV from our own country but at the same time shame4bjp having the condition like thisAnother was cautionary urging people not to share such videos or Mahindra would increase the prices of its vehicles and another shot back So to promote Mahindra officials not caring to clear the drainageIn his post a worried citizen saluted the SUV but pointed out the problems of population pollution education and nature and urged Mahindra amp Mahindra chief to tweet on these issuesAnd there were many who rambled on the qualities of the rugged Bolero which drove away the Ford from India and many proclaimed their unabashed love for the different versions of Mahindra vehicles they proudly own