Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad’s helicopter suffered a minor mishap on Saturday. As per reports, the chopper’s rotor was damaged in the hangar after the senior BJP had alighted.
The incident occurred after Prasad returned to Patna from Madhubani, where he had gone for campaigning for the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
Talking to ANI after the incident, Prasad said that the accident occurred after he deboarded the helicopter and he was ‘absolutely fine’.
His official Twitter handle confirmed that the minister “is totally safe and sound”.
Rotor blade of the helicopter carrying Union Minister @rsprasad was damaged at the airport hangar after the dignitaries had already alighted and left.
He is totally safe and sound.— RSPrasad Office (@OfficeOfRSP) October 17, 2020
The union minister is on the campaign trail ahead of the Bihar Assembly Elections that will be conducted in three-phases between October 28 and November 7, and the results for which will be announced on November 10.