BJP’s Dharmendra Pradhan Throws Tantrums Over Chopper Checking

Bhubaneswar: In the backdrop of the poll body suspending an IAS officer for allegedly checking Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s helicopter, a video of Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan losing cool during a similar scanning of his chopper has gone viral on social media. Pradhan was seen engaging in a verbal duel with the flying squad and the police after he was approached for inspection of his chopper in Odisha’s Sambalpur on Tuesday.

The Minister was to attend Modi’s rally. Pradhan was seen demanding documents from the inspecting team. However, BJP sources later claimed that the flying squad did finally conduct the inspection after the incident. Juxtaposed on the social medai are also a set of videos showing a similar team of the flying squad checking Biju Janata Dal (BJD) chief and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s chopper in Rourkela on that same day. (IANS)

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