BJP MP Pragya Thakur Got Into a Verbal Spat with Fellow Passengers | The Wire
- 3 years ago
Bhopal MP Pragya Singh Thakur threw a tantrum aboard a Spicejet plane at Bhopal, causing a 45-minute delay in the flight. Thakur was told by the airline crew that she could not occupy her pre-booked seat, 1A because it was an emergency exit.
When asked to move, Pragya Thakur refused, causing the flight to be delayed by 45
minutes. DGCA rules prohibit an “invalid person” eg. a wheelchair-bound person, from being
seated near the emergency exit. In a video shot by a passenger on the flight, she can be heard saying, “A first-class seat is my right”. A passenger replies, “You are the people’s representative, your job is not to trouble us.” Thakur denied staging any “dharna” on the flight, and claimed that the behaviour of the SpiceJet staff was “not proper”. I travelled in the back of the aircraft with great pain, and later lodged a complaint with the Bhopal Airport Director," she told ANI.
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When asked to move, Pragya Thakur refused, causing the flight to be delayed by 45
minutes. DGCA rules prohibit an “invalid person” eg. a wheelchair-bound person, from being
seated near the emergency exit. In a video shot by a passenger on the flight, she can be heard saying, “A first-class seat is my right”. A passenger replies, “You are the people’s representative, your job is not to trouble us.” Thakur denied staging any “dharna” on the flight, and claimed that the behaviour of the SpiceJet staff was “not proper”. I travelled in the back of the aircraft with great pain, and later lodged a complaint with the Bhopal Airport Director," she told ANI.
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