Rahul, Sonia Gandhi’s flight makes emergency landing in Bhopal

The aircraft made an emergency landing due to bad weather.

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Both Sonia and Rahul Gandhi had attended the Opposition meet in Bengaluru (File)

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The aircraft carrying former Congress President Sonia Gandhi and son Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday made an emergency landing in Madhya Pradesh’s Bhopal, news agency ANI reported.

#WATCH | Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi at Bhopal airport after their aircraft made an emergency landing at the airport pic.twitter.com/4mDdRG37bZ

— ANI (@ANI) July 18, 2023

The Bhopal police attributed the flight’s emergency landing to bad weather. Bhopal police commissioner Harinarayan Chari Mishra said the aircraft is likely to take off for onward journey at around 9.30 PM, according to news agency PTI.

Both Sonia and Rahul Gandhi attended the Opposition Meeting in Bengaluru earlier today. Speaking at the meeting, which established a 26-member grouping of Opposition parties for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Rahul Gandhi said that the Opposition alliance would be named INDIA (Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance).

He said that the name was decided because the opposition parties’ fight was not against the BJP, but for the “the voice of the nation”.

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