After Indigo & Air India, 3 more airlines ban TDP MP from flying

June 16, 2017 08:30

Telugu Desam Party MP from Anantapur, J C Diwakar Reddy, on Thursday became the second lawmaker in three months to be banned from flying for unruly behaviour with an airline staffer.

Apart from Indigo and state-run Air India now three more airlines -- Spicejet, Go Air and Jet Airways -- have banned the parliamentarian from its flights for abusive behaviour.

Confirming the MP's aggressive behaviour at the Visakhapatnam airport on Thursday morning, an Indigo spokesperson announced a flight ban on him late in the evening. Soon, Air India and SpiceJet too banned the MP from flying and other airlines followed the suit.

Even after creating a ruckus at the airport, Reddy had his way after ensuring the intervention of civil aviation minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju, who happened to be there at the time.

Later, the TDP lawmaker bragged before the media, saying, "I asked Ashok (minister Raju). If flight goes, I cannot ask him, if doors close, I can't ask him. He (Raju) called somebody, and it was done."

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