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Just needs him to kick off on a train and get banned from them too.
We'll see how his train ride goes, he's on the rails to BOM right now, his berth number conveniently listed below for any Air India employees who would like to pay their respects enroute or greet him on arrival
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From business class air travel to a long, overnight train journey!
Shiv Sena parliamentarian Ravindra Gaikwad was forced to take a New Delhi-Mumbai train on Friday after all major airlines in the country put him on their no-fly list for assaulting a senior Air India official.
Gaikwad abused and assaulted a 60-year-old duty manager of the national carrier with his slippers, venting his anger after being denied business class on a Pune-New Delhi Air India flight on Thursday.
Air India and five private airlines banned the 56-year-old MP for Maharashtra’s Osmanabad from flying as he refused to apologise for the incident that triggered nationwide outrage.
Air India cancelled the MP’s return ticket for the 4.15pm flight on Friday, but he booked an IndiGo flight through an agent.
The private airline too cancelled the booking, forcing him to take the August Kranti Express, which leaves for Mumbai from Hazrat Nizamuddin station in the Capital at 4.50pm.
“Gaikwad is booked on berth number 21 in the AI [Air India? - Airbubba] compartment. It appears that officials granted him spot reservation for being an MP, after he reached the station,” a railway spokesman said.
The Shiv Sena has sought an explanation from the first-time MP, while Delhi Police registered two FIRs, charging him with culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
Gaikwad faces arrest after the FIRs were lodged. But Delhi Police spokesperson Dependra Pathak said: “Let the crime branch start the probe and establish their case. They will follow legal procedure.”
He had bragged before television cameras that he hit the official 25 times with his footwear. “Kaan ke nichey bajaa daala (beat him below his ears),” he is heard saying in video clips that have gone viral on social media.
He said he went out to watch a Bollywood movie — Badrinath ki Dulhaniya — on Thursday night to “relax” himself.
“Tension-free hona chahiye na ... you also watch the movie, it’s very good.”
Also, Gaikwad boasted that “police can arrest me ... my party, Uddhav saheb will take care of it”.
His remarks caused further embarrassment to the Shiv Sena, especially after he crowed that party chief Uddhav Thackeray would bail him out.
After airlines deny ticket, Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad forced to travel by train | india-news | Hindustan Times
The train makes 11 stops (eight to pick up pax, three for directions
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12954/August Kranti Rajdhani Express - Hazrat Nizamuddin/NZM to Mumbai/BCT