A police personnel was hit by the jeep in which Rahul Gandhi and other Mahagathbandhan leaders were travelling in Bihar's Nawada during the 'Voter Adhikar Yatra'.
According to media reports, the policeman suffered no serious injury and was up on his feet immediately. The jeep was being driven at a very slow pace.
When the people present during the rally raised an alarm, the Congress leader made the policeman to sit in the vehicle and enquired about his well-being. Media reports also say that Gandhi offered him some water. The policeman was seen sitting in Gandhi's jeep as the yatra moved forward. The video of the incident has gone viral.
However, BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla hit out at Gandhi over the incident.
"Voter Adhikar Yatra. Crush Janta Yatra. Rahul Gandhi's car crushed a police constable who was critically injured. Dynast did not even get down to check on him," he alleged in a post on X.
On Tuesday, the yatra began from Wazirganj in Gaya and entered Nawada. It is scheduled to conclude with a rally in Patna on September 1.
The yatra is being undertaken in a hybrid mode, on foot as well as on vehicles, as was Gandhi's Manipur-to-Mumbai Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra ahead of last year's Lok Sabha polls.
It will also pass through Nalanda, Sheikhpura, Lakhisarai, Munger, Bhagalpur, Katihar, Purnea, Araria, Supaul, Madhubani, Darbhanga, Sitamarhi, East Champaran, West Champaran, Gopalganj, Siwan, Chhapra and Ara.
—With PTI inputs