Shiv Sena likely to seek privilege motion against MP Ravindra Gaikwad

His brazen act of assaulting an Air India employee and justifying it on camera may have shocked the nation but Shiv Sena on Monday said that it is likely to bring privilege motion over issue of MP Ravindra Gaikwad being put in no fly list of all airline.

Earlier on Monday, Shiv Sena gave a shutdown call in Umarga and Lohara Tahsil of Osmanabad district to protest against Air India.

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

Air India and five private airlines banned the Ravindra Gaikwad from flying as he refused to apologise for the incident that triggered nationwide outrage.

Air India cancelled the MP's return ticket for the 4.15pm flight on Friday, but he booked an IndiGo flight through an agent. The private airline too cancelled the booking, forcing him to take the August Kranti Express. Gaikwad was reported to have left from Mumbai for his hometown Umarga in Osmanabad district by road and had taken the Pune route. However, Sena leaders in Osmanabad as well as the police there said they had no information about Gaikwad having returned to his hometown.

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