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Congress leader claims Rahul Gandhi's plane not allowed to land in Varanasi, airport officials deny

 


Ajay Rai said he and other senior party leaders were waiting at the airport to receive Gandhi, but his flight was not allowed to land at the last minute.

Senior Congress leader Ajay Rai on Tuesday alleged that Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's plane was not allowed to land at an airport in Varanasi, forcing the leader to return to Delhi. Airport officials have denied the allegations made by Rai and claimed that the landing was cancelled.

Rahul Gandhi's plane was taking off from his Lok Sabha constituency Wayanad in Kerala for Varanasi's Babat airport.

Ajay Rai said he and other senior party leaders were waiting at the airport to welcome Gandhi, but his flight was not allowed to land "at the last minute", forcing him to return to the national capital. It was lying

Rai said, "Rahul Gandhi was supposed to come here and then go to Prayagraj, but the airport authority did not allow his plane to land due to pressure from the government. They said there is heavy aircraft movement and traffic jam and did not give permission." Alleged.

Varanasi airport director Aryama Sanyal has denied the Congress leader's allegations and said that no one has denied permission to Gandhi's plane to land. He said the Air Traffic Control (ATC) was informed that the scheduled landing of the flight has been cancelled.

A tweet from the Varanasi airport said, "The flight was canceled by M/s AR Airways by sending an email to AAI Varanasi airport on 13th Feb at 2116 hrs. Please correct your statement as the flight was canceled by the operator." Was."

Ajay Rai said that former Congress President Rahul Gandhi was scheduled to attend a function at Prayagraj's Kamla Nehru Memorial Hospital on Tuesday. "The Prime Minister of the country is worried since Rahul Gandhi led the Bharat Jodo Yatra. Now he is troubling Rahul," he said.

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