The chopper swayed to the right, reaching too close to the ground, before the pilot took back its control. (Image: Screengrab/X)
The 59-year-old BJP leader was in the district to campaign for the Lok Sabha elections
A video of Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s helicopter taking off from Bihar’s Begusarai was reported to be a case of “narrow escape” on Monday. However, the government has clarified that “there were no such issues”.
The 59-year-old BJP leader was in the state to campaign for the Lok Sabha elections.
The video of the alleged incident, circulating on social media, shows Shah’s helicopter hovering at a low level, very close to the ground. It sways to the right, almost about to touch the ground, when the pilot seems to have taken back the control. The chopper then takes off smoothly, on towards the directed path.
Earlier in the day, while addressing a public rally, the Home Minister had said that “making Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the PM for the third term means ending the ‘casteism’ in Bihar and to begin a politics based on merits…”
He took a swipe at the opposition grouping and said that if “the INDI alliance win, who will be the PM? Can they make Lalu Yadav the PM, can Stalin or Mamata Banerjee handle this nation, can you even think about ‘Rahul Baba’?”
“PM Modi wants to take this entire country, Bihar and Mithilanchal in the modern era, whereas Lalu Yadav wants you to be in ‘laalten yug’… Only a decisive Prime Minister like Narendra Modi can take you from ‘laalten yug’ to ‘LED yug’,” Shah said.
The Bharatiya Janata Party is contesting on 17 seats, while CM Nitish Kumar’s JD-U will fight on 16 and Chirag Paswan’s LJP (Ram Vilas) on five.
Two other NDA allies — Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) and Upendra Kushwaha-led Rashtriya Lok Morcha — will contest on one seat each.
The general elections in Bihar will be in seven phase. Of the 40 seats, nine went to polls in the first and second phase respectively.
And of the remaining 31 seats, five each will go to polls on May 7, May 13 and May 20, and eight each on May 25 and June 1. The counting of the votes will take place on June 4.
Check Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 3 Schedule, Key Candidates And Constituencies At News18 Website.
