On a day when Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi's helicopter was not allowed to take off from Chandigarh, due to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the state, the PM fired a taunt at the Congress.
PM Modi recalled an incident in which, he said, his helicopter was held up in Punjab because "Yuvraj (prince)" of the Congress was flying to Amritsar.
PM Modi often refers to Rahul Gandhi as "yuvraj".
PM Modi said he had gone to Punjab to campaign for the national election, after being named the BJP's presumptive Prime Minister, when the incident took place.
"I was named PM candidate. I had to visit Pathankot and Himachal to campaign. But my chopper was not allowed to fly to Pathankot because their yuvraj (prince) was also in Amritsar. He was only a Congress MP. The Congress has a habit of not allowing the opposition to work," PM Modi said at a rally in Jalandhar.
Earlier in the day, Punjab CM Channi said that he was not allowed to fly reportedly as a "no-fly zone" had been enforced due to the Prime Minister's visit.
A furious Channi said that he is not a terrorist, but a sitting CM who was stopped from flying t Hoshiarpur.