Amravati: Poll authorities on Saturday checked the bag of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi at Dhamangaon in Amravati district. He was here to address a public rally for the Nov 20 assembly polls. Gandhi’s bag was checked after his helicopter landed at the helipad in Dhamangaon Railway, which is among the eight assembly seats in Amravati district.
Former state minister and Congress’ Teosa MLA Yashomati Thakur, speaking to reporters, questioned the action of the poll authorities and asked why they were not checking bags of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah or chief minister Eknath Shinde.
The checking of bags of leaders, a practice of poll authorities to enforce the model code of conduct, came to the fore after Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray was subjected to it in Yavatmal. Thackeray not only shot a video of the procedure but also chided poll authorities on not checking bags of Modi, Shah, Shinde and deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis. However, videos later surfaced showing poll authorities checking bags of Shah, Shinde, Fadnavis, Ajit Pawar etc. PTI
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