The Election Commission of India’s (ECI) flying squad conducted a surprise inspection of Congress former president Rahul Gandhi’s helicopter in Tamil Nadu’s Nilgiris district. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was en route from Mysore to Nilgiris for a campaign event in his parliamentary constituency, Kerala’s Wayanad, where he has a slew of campaign activities, including public meetings.
He is fighting the April 26 Lok Sabha polls from Wayanad, seeking a successive term. Upon landing in Nilgiris, officials promptly commenced the inspection of the aircraft. Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi intensified his election campaign in Kerala ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls by organising a massive roadshow in Sulthan Bathery.
Rahul Gandhi, who arrived in the Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu bordering Kerala, engaged with students at a local college before embarking on a road journey to Sulthan Bathery. In Sulthan Bathery, Gandhi traversed atop a car with its roof open, accompanied by hundreds of enthusiastic party workers carrying placards adorned with his photo.
Scheduled to address a farmers’ rally in Pulpally later in the day, Rahul Gandhi’s itinerary also includes road shows in Mananthavady, Vellamunda, and Padinjarathara, where he will interact with party workers.
During his visit, Gandhi is expected to meet with the Mananthavady bishop, a meeting of political significance amid the controversy surrounding the screening of the movie ‘The Kerala Story’ by some churches.