‘Ensure level playing field’: Congress to EC after Rahul Gandhi’s helicopter delayed
Gandhi’s helicopter was grounded for nearly two hours in Jharkhand’s Godda district, delaying his election campaign.
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The Congress on Friday urged the Election Commission to ensure a level playing field during the Assembly polls in Jharkhand after party leader Rahul Gandhi’s helicopter was not granted permission to take off in Godda district.
Earlier in the day, Gandhi’s helicopter was grounded for nearly two hours in Mahagam as it was not granted clearance by the Air Traffic Control, India Today reported. The leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha was scheduled to depart after addressing a public rally.
The clearance for Gandhi’s helicopter was held up due to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rally in Bihar’s Jamui district, which affected the airspace availability in the region, India Today quoted unidentified officials as saying.
Following the two-hour delay, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh wrote to the Election Commission and asked it to “urgently intervene in this situation and ensure that the level playing field is not disrupted in such a manner”.
In a memorandum to the poll panel, Ramesh said that Gandhi was in Jharkhand to campaign for the Congress. “Shri Rahul Gandhi and his staff had secured all the requisite permissions for travelling across the State and attending all the pre-scheduled election rallies,” he said.
Gandhi and his team were to take off at 1.15 pm from Godda to fly to other locations across...
