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Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad' supporters call for Osmanabad district bandh to protest leader's 'humiliation'

Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad' Supporters Called For A Bandh In Osmanabad District To Protest His Humiliation After He Was Accused Of Assaulting An Air India Staffer In Delhi Last Week.

PTI | Updated on: 27 Mar 2017, 12:53:42 PM
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Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad' supporters called for a bandh in Osmanabad district to protest his "humiliation" after he was accused of assaulting an Air India staffer in Delhi last week.

"We have called for the Osmanabad bandh to protest the humiliation of our leader by the airlines who have denied him flying rights," Sena district vice president Kamlakar Chavan told PTI over phone. "Is he a terrorist that he has been barred from flying by all airlines," Chavan said.

"The testimony of an air hostess on board that flight shows he (Gaikwad) was not at fault," he added.
"Considering its Gudi Padwa tomorrow, we have asked traders to observe the bandh (shut shops) only till 4 pm today to enable people to do festival shopping," Chavan said.


Meanwhile, Gaikwad has refused to reveal his whereabouts. "I cant tell you where I am right now. I am with my family members and I will celebrate Gudi Padwa with them before returning to Parliament on Wednesday morning," he said.

The Osmanabad MP said he is lying low on his partys instructions. "I have been asked to stay quiet," he added.On Friday, Gaikwad had boarded the August Kranti Express, which left for Mumbai from Hazrat Nizamuddin station at 4.50 PM but did not get down at the Mumbai Central station here as expected.

He is understood to have got dow at Vapi station in Gujarat, Sena sources had said on Saturday.

The 57-year-old MP had on Thursday allegedly abused and assaulted a 60-year-old duty manager of Air India R Sukumar with slippers for not being able to fly business class despite having boarded an all-economy Pune-New Delhi flight.

The official was repeatedly hit with sandals when he persuaded the MP to disembark after the plane landed at the IGI airport from Pune following which two FIRs were registered against him by the Delhi police on the basis of the complaint lodged by Air India.
Also, Sena president Uddhav Thackeray has sought an explanation from him over the incident.

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First Published : 27 Mar 2017, 12:46:00 PM

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