India, April 20 -- Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren and his wife were denied permission to land their helicopter in West Bengal's Jhargram on Sunday due to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's unscheduled 'jhalmuri' stop, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) has alleged.

Soren and MLA Kalpana Soren were kept waiting for hours and eventually forced to return to Ranchi because of Modi's "extended snack break and photo-ops", the Party said.

"Because the 'Pradhan Sevak' decided to extend his stay in Jhargram to eat Jhalmuri, Jharkhand Chief Minister Shri Hemant Soren and his wife and MLA Smt. Kalpana Soren was denied permission to fly their chopper into Jhargram while Modi was present," the TMC wrote on X.

"Two democratically elected leaders. Groun...