In an hilarious turn of events during the boat campaign by Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Monday, a boat carrying media persons and some Congress leaders ran aground at Manaya ghat of Allahabad from where Priyanka started sailing to reach Varanasi.
As media persons reached the Manaiya Ghat, they saw just one steamer all decked up for Priyanka, and no arrangement for another boat to carry them along to cover Priyanka’s poll campaign.
The drama started as soon as Priyanka — who reached the ghat around 11.30 am — got onto her steamer. There was no room for the media.
However, as soon her boat started sailing, media persons and some Congress leaders found another boat following her, and they all jumped into the boat.
The boat was soon stuffed beyond its capacity and became unstable. On boatman’s frantic instruction, some people had to alight. But as the boat reached the middle of the river, it ran aground in low water. And it could not budge an inch from there.
Following which, a boat was called in to take the stuck journalists back to the pier.
