PM Modi’s chopper seen on the way to the Karkardooma rally on Saturday. (Source: Express photo by Praveen Khanna) PM Modi’s chopper seen on the way to the Karkardooma rally on Saturday. (Source: Express photo by Praveen Khanna)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to announce sops for the aam aadmi, but his mode of transport to the rally venue in Karkardooma was not that of the common man. The PM chose to fly there from his 7, Race Course Road residence.

Sources within the BJP said Modi wanted to avoid getting stuck in traffic, so he chose a Mi-17 V5 chopper to reach Karkardooma.

Around 3.10 pm, the Prime Minister, addressed as VIP 3 by Air Traffic controllers, took off from Central Delhi.

A sources in the ATC said, “Two helicopters left — one from the Safdarjung Airport, and the other from 7 RCR — which were called Pratap I and Pratap II. For security reasons, the ATC was not informed in which of the two the VIP 3 would be seated.”

Modi reached Karkardooma at 4.45 pm and left by road around 5.15 pm.

Being the power centre, Delhi sees a lot of VIP movement on a daily basis.

While politicians have chosen to travel by choppers to neighbouring cities, it is the first time any Indian prime minister has used a chopper to travel a distance less than 20-km within the city.

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