SILIGURI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjees helicopter made an emergency landing at the Sevoke air base near Siliguri on Tuesday afternoon due to adverse weather conditions, officials said.Banerjee had just concluded an election rally in Jalpaiguri and was en route to the Bagdogra airport when the aircraft encountered inclement weather while flying over the Baikunthapur forest, they added."It was raining very heavily here, and the pilot decided to make an emergency landing," an official told PTI.
After the incident, it was decided that Banerjee will travel by road to the Bagdogra airport, and then fly back to Kolkata, he said.
The chief minister was touring parts of northern West Bengal to campaign for the panchayat elections, the polling for which will be held on July 8.(With inputs from PTI)