Overview
- On Sunday morning, the Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition took an open‑jeep safari at Panarpani in the Satpura Tiger Reserve after attending a Congress training camp in Pachmarhi.
- BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla derided the outing as a vacation during the Bihar elections, labeling him the "Leader of Partying" and sharing a taunting couplet on X.
- Congress figures said the Pachmarhi stop was organisational work, pushing back on the BJP’s "holiday politics" characterization.
- Gandhi renewed allegations of "vote theft," accusing the BJP and the Election Commission of a "joint partnership" and referencing the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls and his earlier presentation on Haryana.
- Congress sources said he was expected to fly to Kishanganj later in the day to address a Bihar campaign rally.