Baharagora (Jharkhand):Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's car got stuck in a muddy pothole amid heavy rain on Monday in Baharagora town of East Singhbhum district of Jharkhand where he was attending a public rally. The video footage of the incident has surfaced online.
As per the video, the car Shivraj Chouhan was travelling in can be seen tilted and stuck in a large pothole on a waterlogged road amid rainfall. Security guards rushed to assist the minister as he emerged from the vehicle.
Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan's Car Gets Stuck In Pothole In Jharkhand (ANI) The car got stuck as the driver could not gauge the potholes in the water-logged road amid heavy rain, police said.
After his car got stuck, Chouhan got down with an umbrella and spoke to locals. He safely went to the helipad and returned to Ranchi on a helicopter, Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Ajit Kumar Kujur said.
Chouhan is BJP's Jharkhand election-in-charge for the upcoming state assembly polls. The Union Minister also shared a video of him interacting with party supporters at Baharagora amid heavy rain on his official handle on X. "In Baharagora (Jharkhand) it is raining heavily and so is the love of the nieces and nephews for their uncle. And this love of yours is our strength," he said.