Shillong, (IANS) The helicopter in which Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi was travelling in Meghalaya Tuesday failed to land at the the Indian Air Force Advanced Landing Ground here due to poor visibility, a party leader said.
"Our helicopter couldn't land at the helipad due to poor visibility after we took off from Resubelpara," party general secretary Luizinho Faleiro told IANS.
He, however, said Gandhi proceeded to Shillong by road after the chattered Pawan Hans helicopter landed safely at the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport in Guwahati.
Gandhi was scheduled to interact with Congress workers in Shillong.
On Tuesday, Gandhi began his two-day campaign by addressing a rally at Hapoli in Arunachal Pradesh's Lower Subansiri district, and another at Resubelpara in Meghalaya's North Garo Hills district.
The Congress vice president was accompanied by Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma and Faleiro.
Gandhi will Wednesday visit Wangjing in Thoubal district of Manipur, and address a rally there.
The Congress won both the Outer Manipur and the Inner Manipur seats in the last Lok Sabha elections, and sitting MPs - Thangso Baite and Thokchom Meinya Singh - have been fielded again this time.
Gandhi will also travel to Mizoram on the same day to campaign for party nominee C.L. Ruala.
Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Meghalaya will go to polls April 9, while Manipur will see two-phase polling April 9 and 17.
Computex 2022: Coming Soon Amazing AMD Ryzen 7000 'Zen 4' Desktop Processor, Amazing Features
AMD always has exciting announcements at Computex and this year is no different. AMD has announce
Since the increase in the jurisdiction of the Border Security Force in Punjab, West Bengal, and A
US: Alabama Officer arrested, who attacked On Indian Grandfather
The match between Lucknow Super Giants and Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 2023 was quite cont
Arvind Kejriwal has written a letter to the Chief Election Commissioner regarding the attack on A
Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached Qatar after a two-day visit to UAE. After reaching Qatar's c
In North Korea, girls and women named after the daughter of dictator Kim Jong Un are being forced
Covid 19: Corona virus reaches navy personnel in Mumbai, 21 jawans found positive
New Delhi: Corona virus infection that is wreaking havoc in the country has now reached the India
The problems of Air India, which is facing its biggest crisis due to the Ahmedabad plane crash, a
Omar Abdullah Congratulates Kejriwal
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah congratulated Aa
