New Delhi: The Prime Minister's Office has asked for a report on "VIPs" holding up flights after a massive controversy over an Air India flight being delayed by Union minister Kiren Rijiju last week. Mr Rijiju has apologised for a family being ordered off the domestic flight so he could have a seat.
"What happened was wrong. I must apologise to the off-loaded passengers. They deserve to be treated properly," Mr Rijiju told NDTV, as he battled severe criticism.
A report by the Indian Air Force (IAF) says that there were instructions from the airport director on June 24 to delay flight AI-446 from Leh to Delhi, "to accommodate a VIP."
The VIP was Kiren Rijiju, the Union Minister of State for Home, who, along with Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh, had rushed to the airport after attending the "Sindhu Darshan" festival in the morning.
Air India has said that Indian Foreign Service officer GV Srinivas, his wife GV Neelam and their son Dhruv Aryan were taken off the flight and their seats were given to Mr Rijiju and company.
03/07/15 Deepshikha Ghosh/NDTV.com
To Read the News in full at Source, Click the Headline
"What happened was wrong. I must apologise to the off-loaded passengers. They deserve to be treated properly," Mr Rijiju told NDTV, as he battled severe criticism.
A report by the Indian Air Force (IAF) says that there were instructions from the airport director on June 24 to delay flight AI-446 from Leh to Delhi, "to accommodate a VIP."
The VIP was Kiren Rijiju, the Union Minister of State for Home, who, along with Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh, had rushed to the airport after attending the "Sindhu Darshan" festival in the morning.
Air India has said that Indian Foreign Service officer GV Srinivas, his wife GV Neelam and their son Dhruv Aryan were taken off the flight and their seats were given to Mr Rijiju and company.
03/07/15 Deepshikha Ghosh/NDTV.com
