Indian Election Commission officials on Saturday inspected Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s bag on Saturday as he arrived for the Assembly election campaign in Maharashtra’s Amravati. The incident occurred amid a political row between BJP and the opposition parties, who accused the poll body of selective action against INDIA bloc leaders.
A video of the inspection shows a group of officials searching Rahul Gandhi’s helicopter on a ground, with the Congress leader standing nearby. As the bag check continued, Gandhi, who is the Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, walked away and was seen engaging with party leaders.
The Congress leader’s bag was searched a day after the party complained to the Election Commission against the alleged grounding of his helicopter in Jharkhand. Congress, in its complaint, sought the poll body’s urgent intervention in ensuring a level playing field in poll campaigning.
