NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: The row over Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad assaulting an Air India employee today raged both within and outside Parliament, prompting Speaker Sumitra Mahajan to suggest an amicable resolution of the issue.
Shiv Sena MPs denounced the blanket ban imposed on Gaikwad by domestic airlines which, they claimed, violated the Constitution and the law. They demanded that the ban be lifted, but did not get any assurance from the Government, with Civil Aviation Minister P Ashok Gajapati Raju saying violence of any kind on an aircraft could prove disastrous.
Osmanabad, Gaikwad’s parliamentary constituency, meanwhile, observed a bandh to protest against his “humiliation” as the MP stayed put at some undisclosed location. He said he has been asked by the Sena leadership to “keep quiet”.
The assault on Air India duty officer R Sukumar on Thursday resonated in the Lok Sabha with Shiv Sena MPs demanding revocation of the ban.
Members of the Shiv Sena, a partner in the ruling NDA dispensation, created uproar in the House and engaged in a verbal duel with Congress MPs who criticised Gaikwad for his action.
The party’s leader in the house Anandrao Adsul claimed the ban violated the Constitution and the law. (AGENCIES)
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