Shiv Sena while condoning the incidident claimed that 'Ravi Sir' was very popular in his constituency.
After the Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad hit a staffer of the Air India with his slipper, Delhi Airport Manager, Harinder Singh on Thursday told ANI that the staffer of the national carrier is agitated and hence they have blacklisted the former.
Earlier in the day, Gaikwad, wrote a letter to Civil Aviation Minsiter Ashok Gajapathi Raju and Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, while listing out the problems faced by him in the flight.
Gaikwad in his letter said that he was misled by the Air India and stated that he was given business class ticket, but later he came to know that there was no business class section in the flight.
Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad, who has come under sharp criticism for hitting a staffer of the Air India with his slipper, on Thursday wrote a letter to Civil Aviation Minsiter Ashok Gajapathi Raju and Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan while listing out the problems faced by him in the flight.
Gaikwad in his letter said that he was misled by the Air India and stated that he was given business class ticket, but later he came to know that there was no business class section in the flight.
Air India on Thursday registered two FIRs against Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad for hitting an Air India staffer with his slipper over sitting issue and for forcibly holding the flight and delaying it for 40 minutes.
A Deputy General Manager (DGM) of Air India has submitted the inquiry report corroborating the incident and is examining creation of no fly list of unruly passengers, said Air India spokesperson.
Meanwhile, the Congress Party while condemning the act said that the Shiv Sena has time and again been involved in such violent acts.
Shiv Sena today sought an explanation from its Lok Sabha MP Ravindra Gaikwad, who allegedly hit an AirIndia staffer at IGI airport in Delhi with a slipper, and remained defiant over the incident.
"The party has sought an explanation from Gaikwad over the incident. The Sena does not condone violence of any kind," Harshal Pradhan, media adviser to Sena president Uddhav Thackeray, told PTI.
"We have also sought a version of the incident from the AirIndia (AI) staffer. The Sena has a workers' union in Air India," he said.
Earlier, Sena spokesperson Manisha Kayande said, "Shiv Sena does not subscribe to such reaction by any of our party members. Gaikwad is known as Ravi Sir and is very popular in his constituency. He has worked a lot towards solving the water problems of his region."
"We really should know what made him lose his temper. He is not a person who would suddenly jump into such a thing," she added.
No stranger to controversies
Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad, who hit an Air India staffer with a slipper at the IGI airport in Delhi and then openly boasted about it, is no stranger to controversies. The 57-year-old Lok Sabha member from the Osmanabad constituency in the Marathwada region was in the eye of a row in 2014 for allegedly trying to force-feed a Muslim caterer during the fasting month of Ramzan over the quality of chapatis served at the Maharashtra Sadan in New Delhi.
He has various criminal charges against him which include voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servants from duty, criminal intimidation and rioting among others. He was twice elected to the Maharashtra Assembly before going to the Lok Sabha in 2014. Gaikwad, whose violent streak was on display today, has been a member of the Joint Committee on Security in Parliament House Complex since April 2015. He holds M Com and B Ed degrees and is known as 'Ravi Sir' in his constituency.
Here’s his complete list of charges according to My Neta:
*One charge related to Voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty (IPC Section-332)
*One charge related to culpable homicide not amounting to murder (IPC Section-304)
*One charge related to criminal intimidation (IPC Section-506)
*Two charges related to Act endangering life or personal safety of others (IPC Section-336)
*Two charges related to Punishment for Rioting (IPC Section-147)
*Two charges related to Being member of an unlawful assembly (IPC Section-143)
*Two charges related to wrongful restraint (IPC Section-341)
*Two charges related to Rioting, armed with deadly weapon (IPC Section-148)
*Two charges related to every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object (IPC Section-149)
*One charge related to causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others (IPC Section-337)
*One charge related to mischief causing damage to the amount of fifty rupees (IPC Section-427)
*One charge related to assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty (IPC Section-353)
*One charge related to voluntarily causing hurt (IPC Section-323)
With inputs from PTI and ANI
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