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LoP successful Lok Sabha and Congress person Rahul Gandhi waits arsenic his chopper was reportedly delayed owed to a clearance contented from the Air Traffic Control (ATC), successful Jharkhand's Godda. (PTI Photo)
The Congress Friday wrote to the Election Commission of India, saying that enactment person Rahul Gandhi’s predetermination run successful Jharkhand was delayed aft his chopper was not allowed to instrumentality disconnected astatine Godda. The enactment requested the Commission to “urgently intervene successful this concern and guarantee that the level playing tract is not disrupted successful specified a manner”.
The Congress said it was told that “due to the protocol of different leaders successful the vicinity, a no-fly portion regularisation had been enactment successful place”.
In a memorandum to ECI, Congress MP and wide caput successful complaint for Communication Jairam Ramesh said: “You whitethorn beryllium informed that Shri Rahul Gandhi, Member of Parliament and Leader of Opposition (Lok Sabha) is presently successful Jharkhand for an predetermination rally of the Indian National Congress. Shri Rahul Gandhi and his unit had secured each the requisite permissions for travelling crossed the State and attending each the pre-scheduled predetermination rallies.”
Ramesh said successful the memorandum that arsenic per “approved scheduled and permissions successful place”, the Leader of Opposition successful Lok Sabha and his squad were to instrumentality disconnected astatine 1.15 p.m. from Godda to alert to different locations crossed the state.
“However, their mode of travel, which was permitted to alert astatine 1.15pm, has not been allowed to instrumentality flight. They person been informed that owed to the protocol of different leaders successful the vicinity, a no-fly portion regularisation had been enactment successful place. In fact, owed to the said hold each consequent programmes of Shri Rahul Gandhi (for which anterior support had been secured) is present either being delayed oregon cancelled,” helium said.
“If specified a concern is allowed to prevail, past the ruling authorities and its leaders tin ever instrumentality undue vantage of specified protocols and bounds the predetermination run of absorption leaders,” the Congress wide caput added.
Rahul Gandhi is campaigning for the party’s candidates up of the 2nd signifier of Jharkhand Assembly elections connected November 20. The archetypal signifier of voting was held connected November 14 for 43 of 81 seats successful Jharkhand Assembly. The votes volition beryllium counted connected November 23.
In a station connected X, Jairam Ramesh said: “There should beryllium a level-playing tract successful campaigning. The PM’s run cannot instrumentality precedence implicit that of each others. Today Rahul Gandhi got delayed successful Jharkhand connected this account.”
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