Congress leaders met Rahul and Sonia Gandhi at the airport – Photo: Amar Ujala

Detail Follow Us 99799 0380359 0707708 87614 0707708 0404391 Emergency landing of senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi’s flight was made at Raja Bhoj Airport in Bhopal. This decision had to be taken due to a technical fault in the flight. Sonia and Rahul attended a meeting of opposition parties in Bengaluru and were on their way back to Delhi when the flight was derailed. Both the leaders stayed in Bhopal for about one and a half hours. During this, some Congress leaders of Bhopal also reached the airport to meet him. According to the information received from the airport officials, both the leaders were going to Delhi by non-scheduled flight. The flight had to land in Bhopal at around 8 pm due to a technical glitch. As soon as this information was received, some Congress leaders reached the airport. These included MLA Kunal Chaudhary, Arif Masood, PC Sharma, former Union Minister Suresh Pachauri, Shobha Ojha. These leaders met Rahul and Sonia. Both the leaders boarded an Indigo flight from Bhopal around 9. at Delhi left for During this, both the central leaders stayed at Bhopal airport for one and a half hours. Earlier both the leaders attended the meeting of opposition parties in Bengaluru on Tuesday. Including Congress in the meeting Opposition parties joined. During this time the name of United Progressive Alliance (UPA) was changed to Indian National Democratic Inclusive Alliance (INDIA). Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge formally announced the new name of the alliance.