Deccan Chronicle

WHAT GAIKWAD SAID IN LOK SABHA

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MADAM SPEAKER, I thank you for allowing me to speak in the House regarding the injustice done with me I AM HERE to speak about the bad treatment the airline staff meted out to me and its effort to paint the entire parliament wrong MADAM SPEAKER you are like a mother to me. I fail to understand what wrong have I done. What is my fault that a media trial is going on against me without any probe being held? I HAD a business class ticket whereas I was made to occupy economy class. I did not fight for a seat. WHILE DISEMBARK- ING I requested for a complaint book. An officer shouted at me and said, he is the “baap” of AI. I lost my cool. I replied, I am an MP. He said, but you are not Narendra Modi. He held me by my collar and tried to push me. At this, I lost my cool and I pushed him. Yes, I pushed him. THE CREW used unparliame­ntary language against Parliament and MPs. I will submit video clippings to prove the charge. WHILE THOSE who are wrong are free, I am being denied my constituti­onal right to fly not only by Air India but also by other airlines. MADAM, I am booked under Section 308 of IPC, which is attempt to murder charge. It should be done away with as no probe is held. After the incident, there were reports that I tried to book ticket seven times. However, someone else tried to do it in my name. The mentality of those who threw Mahatma Gandhi out of the train, denied visa to Narendra Modi, and maligned me is the same. Uddhav Thackeray has asked me to apologise to the House. But not to the AI officer.

 ?? —PTI ?? Ravindra Gaikwad (C) with Shiv Sena spokespers­on Sanjay Raut (L) and party MPs in New Delhi on Thursday.
—PTI Ravindra Gaikwad (C) with Shiv Sena spokespers­on Sanjay Raut (L) and party MPs in New Delhi on Thursday.

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