Mumbai: In a surprising turn of events ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's public meeting on Wednesday in Yavatmal near Maharashtra's Nagpur, stickers of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's photos were displayed near the podium at the venue.
These photos featured the plastic chairs with Rahul Gandhi's photo and a scanner code with a message stating, "Struggling for the development of a prosperous India for 138 years."
A video shared on the internet by Marathi media house shows visuals of the venue with chairs having Rahul Gandhi's photo stickers and QR codes for donations.
According to local reports, there was a Congress rally held in the area recently. These chairs with the Congress leader's sticker were displayed during the event. However, the same contractor who supplied those chairs to the Congress rally, sent the same chairs to the BJP event, without bothering to remove the stickers.
This has led to a major controversy at the venue, leading to the video of chairs going viral.
The stickers were removed before the start of the meeting.
Alongside the Prime Minister, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Ministers Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar, along with entire state cabinet, will be present at the event.