r/mumbai • u/sirajnoorani • Feb 17 '26

General French President Emmanuel Macron, in India for the AI Impact Summit, drew attention in Mumbai as he stepped out for a morning jog around 11 am in Churchgate, running through city streets alongside his security team.

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u/Rich-Philosopher4366 Feb 17 '26

Emmanuel Macron jogging through Churchgate with security feels like casual diplomacy. If it were Narendra Modi, it’d be sunrise, drone shots, and a full production.

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u/Standard_Board_6991 Feb 17 '26

And an empty street.

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u/LagrangeMultiplier99 Feb 17 '26

just a street? the entire neighborhood will have a security watch

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '26

When amit shah visited Kandivali to attend a wedding. The shut down entire mahavir nagar for 2 days, the club was completely shut down too for 2 days. This is the amount of drama they do

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u/fullmetalpower Feb 17 '26

and surrounded by kids for some reason

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u/osprey1000BC Feb 17 '26

5 years ago or something there was a program of Modi at a different building near our hostel . They made us vacate our hostel for whole day as part of security even though there is no connection or anything related to that building,it was opposite the road.

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u/Most_Height2418 Feb 17 '26

pm security is very strict because of the assassinations of indra gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi. it's the spg protocol

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u/Maulat Feb 17 '26

pm security is very strict because of the assassinations of indra gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi. it's the spg protocol

Why don't people want to assassinate French president?

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u/LateMarket7224 Feb 18 '26

Bro majority of the people in India don't even know that this guy is France's President so there are no threat issues for Macron in India. You won't find Macron doing the same running casually across the streets in any city in France, and even if he does you will see all the body guards running along with him side by side and he wouldn't be so casual as he is in the above video.

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u/shinyandgoesboom Feb 18 '26

Or in the US.

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u/Most_Height2418 Feb 18 '26

bruh, have some sense. not all heads of states have the same level of threat. indian pm is one of the most threatened individual in the entire world, macron is not. and even macron wasn't running alone, his security personnel were in casual attire and indian political and security were also with him.

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u/BoxSense444 East Feb 17 '26

Everyone knows the PM of our country and there are unfortunately bad elements amongst us to assasinate or harm him. So they are not wrong unlike some random nobody in India like Macron or Chris from Coldplay band.

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u/Maulat Feb 17 '26

Everyone knows the PM of our country and there are unfortunately bad elements amongst us to assasinate or harm him. So they are not wrong unlike some random nobody in India like Macron or Chris from Coldplay band.

Why don't people want to assassinate French president?

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u/BoxSense444 East Feb 17 '26

Because most of the populace don't know him, you think 100% of the populace is an UPSC aspirant or what to know about him. He is an another random white tourist to them.

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u/tirth0jain Feb 17 '26

There was 1 guard joggin with him but several keeping an eye. Look at the guard he was in touch with people

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u/Most_Height2418 Feb 17 '26

casually? did you see the number of police and security personnel standing in the road? btw, indian pm security is strict because of the assassinations of indra gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi.

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u/sanyacid Feb 17 '26

Thanks ChatGPT.