"Ma, the epitome of grace under pressure," Rahul Gandhi shares pic of mother Sonia Gandhi during emergency landing

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi shared a picture on Instagram of his mother Sonia Gandhi sitting in the aircraft and wearing an oxygen mask in a calm manner.

"Ma, the epitome of grace under pressure," Rahul captioned the picture.

The picture was taken during a New Delhi-bound chartered plane flight carrying Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, which made an "emergency" landing at the Bhopal airport on Tuesday evening.

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Rahul appreciated the calm and composure of his mother under immense pressure.

The oxygen mask is an emergency equipment that is used when the cabin pressure in the airplane falls.

Bhopal airport director Ramji Awasthi told news agency PTI, "It was a priority landing and not an emergency landing."

The aircraft made an emergency landing at the Raja Bhoj airport, Bhopal police commissioner Harinarayan Chari Mishra told PTI. He did not provide further details, but a Congress leader said a technical glitch led to the unscheduled touchdown.

Meanwhile, senior Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh Women's Commission chairperson Shoba Oza said, "The chartered plane carrying Sonia ji and Rahul ji made an emergency landing because of some technical snag." On getting information about the development, senior Congress leaders, including Oza, former Union minister Suresh Pachori, MLAs PC Sharma, Arif Masood and Kunal Choudhary rushed to the airport and met the Gandhis in the lounge.

They also enquired about their well-being. The chartered plane was on its way to New Delhi from Bengaluru, where Rahul and Sonia Gandhi attended a mega meeting of opposition parties earlier in the day, Oza said. "Both of them left for New Delhi by an IndiGo flight at around 9.30 pm," she said.