Ranchi, Feb 7 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi’s road show in Jharkhand has been cancelled due to security reasons, a party spokesman said Friday.

The Gandhi scion is visiting Ranchi Friday and was expected to undertake a road show from Hazaribagh to Ranchi.

But Rahul can currently go to Hazaribagh by helicopter. He will be airlifted from Hazaribagh {and can|and can} reach Kuju in Ramgarah district from where he will go to Ormanjhi in Ranchi, Shailesh Sinha, Jharkhand Congress spokesman.

The spokesman said the decision was taken because the road show district “comes under threat of Maoist guerrillas”.

Jharkhand Director General of Police Rajiv Kumar, however, that they “have sanitized the road from Hazaribagh to Ranchi. All adequate security arrangements are created for the road show.”

“If the show programme has been changed, it’s the Congress party’s decision and we are on high alert with adequate security forces on the road,” he clarified.