Even if you’re the BJP Chief, bad infrastructure spares no one. Amit Shah sure learnt it the hard way

BJP President Amit Shah and three other senior party leaders were stuck inside a lift for 40 minutes, raising alarm and sending security officials into a tizzy.

The senior BJP leaders were trapped inside the lift of a state guest house in Patna. The incident happened when Shah was going from the ground floor to the first floor along with party in-charge for Bihar Bhupendra Yadav, secretary Nagendra and General Secretary Saudan Singh.

"The lift got stuck between the two floors and its metal doors also got jammed at around 11.30 PM last night. There was no lift operator or person capable of handling such emergency around. The mobile phones of those trapped inside were also out of range as they were in a closed box," BJP state President Mangal Pandey told news agency PTI.

Shah and other leaders were rescued by CRPF personnel who were present there as part of his Z+ security cover. They tore steel doors of the elevator to pull out them.

Pandey informed all attempts to open the doors of the lift had failed.

"It is a gross dereliction of duty and irresponsibility shown by the people responsible for facilities at the state guest house. There was nobody present there to deal with such emergencies despite the fact that a person having Z+ security cover was staying there," said Pandey.

Shah was staying at the state guest house and was conducting meeting with party leaders in view of the forthcoming Assembly polls in Bihar.