Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Feb 23: Congressman Pawan Khera was deplaned from a flight to Raipur, the capital of Chhattisgarh, and was then arrested at the Delhi airport. On the tarmac, over 50 members of Congress staged a rare protest and halted the flight.
Assam Police arrests Congress Pawan Khera. He will be presented in a Delhi court and will be taken to Assam on transit remand pic.twitter.com/w9tOhYWp1D
— ANI (@ANI) February 23, 2023
Senior Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera was compelled to leave the IndiGo flight. He was travelling to Raipur with a sizable contingent of Congress leaders to attend an All India Congress Committee conference (AICC).
The Assam Police detained Pawan Khera after they arrived at the airport with a FIR.
#WATCH | "We will see (in which case they are taking me). It's a long battle and I'm ready to fight," says Congress leader Pawan Khera as Delhi Police takes him after he was deboarded from an aircraft at Delhi airport pic.twitter.com/cKXeo6kSb4
— ANI (@ANI) February 23, 2023
“A passenger was deplaned by the police at the Delhi airport from Raipur-bound flight 6E 204. Some other passengers have also decided to deboard on their own accord. We are following the advice of the concerned authorities. The flight is delayed as of now and we regret the inconvenience caused to other passengers,” IndiGo Airline said in its statement.
Notably, In response to accusations that Khera insulted Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the BJP has called for his arrest. Following a police complaint from a BJP representative, a FIR was registered.
Khera mispronounced PM Modi’s name during a recent press conference while calling for a joint parliamentary investigation into the Adani-Hindenburg dispute.
