Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi’s bag was searched by Election Commission officials at Amravati in poll-bound Maharashtra on Saturday, making him the latest top politician whose luggage was checked ahead of the November 20 voting in the state.
Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, too, was checked in Ratnagiri at the Dapolitil helipad. While Shinde’s chopper has been checked by poll officials at least twice, this was the first time Rahul Gandhi had to go through the procedure in Maharashtra.
Rahul Gandhi’s chopper was stranded for over 30 minutes in Jharkhand on Friday after it failed to get clearance from the air traffic control. Congress alleged this was a politically motivated deliberate attempt to sabotage Rahul Gandhi’s election campaign because Prime Minister Narendra Modi was addressing a public meeting just 150 km away from the venue where Rahul Gandhi was to interact with voters.
“Why don’t they check the bags of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and Chief Minister Eknath Shinde?” Congress’ Teosa MLA Yashomati Thakur, a former Maharashtra minister, said to reporters.
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