PM Modi Flies to Delhi on Another IAF Plane After His Aircraft Suffers Technical Glitch

New Delhi: Two hours after his aircraft experienced a technical issue at Deoghar airport in Jharkhand, Prime Minister Narendra Modi boarded another Indian Air Force (IAF) plane that was dispatched from Delhi to take him back to the capital. For the unversed, Prime Minister Modi's aircraft suffered a technical snag due to which the aircraft had to remain at Deoghar airport causing some delay in his return to Delhi. Officials are yet to ascertain the cause of the technical glitch in the aircraft. 

"PM Modi left for Delhi from Deoghar in another special aircraft after his IAF plane developed a technical snag. The aircraft could not be rectified on time. The PM had to wait for more than two hours," Deoghar Deputy Commissioner Vishal Sagar told PTI. While the Prime Minister waited for the issue to be resolved, the region's airspace was declared a "no-flying zone". 

PM Modi held two rallies in Jharkhand today to honour the anniversary of tribal icon Birsa Munda, ahead of the second phase of the Assembly elections on November 20.

During his rallies, PM Modi came down heavily on both the Congress and Rahul Gandhi . He repeated his ‘shehzada’ (prince) jibe, accusing Gandhi of conspiring to abolish reservations for SC, ST, and OBC communities in an effort to weaken their rights. 

"The Congress has dangerous designs. The Congress' 'shehzada' is conspiring to end reservations for these communities. His father had once referred to the reservation as slavery and bonded labor, but he was later defeated in elections. His father even published advertisements calling for the removal of reservations, but we will foil any such conspiracy," Modi declared.

Furthermore, the Prime Minister accused the ruling JMM, which has an alliance with the Congress, of aiding "infiltrators" in becoming permanent residents of Jharkhand—a claim echoed by several BJP leaders, including Home Minister Amit Shah .

In a separate incident, in Godda, Jharkhand, located just 80 km from Deoghar, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s helicopter was delayed for 45 minutes as it awaited clearance from air traffic control. The Congress party claimed that this delay was intentional, designed to disrupt Gandhi's campaign itinerary.