Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad who was banned from flying in five airlines after he assaulted an Air India staffer with his footwear, said on Friday that he is apologising to Parliament only for its dignity. Gaikwad further said that his complaints were not addressed, adding that if this was Air India’s behaviour towards a people’s representative, then what it would be towards a common man.
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“I had decided to travel by train irrespective of the ban being lifted or not. I apologised for the dignity of Parliament. The complaints that I had written about were not addressed. This is injustice. If Air India behaves likes this with people’s representative, then what must be its attitude towards the common man. However, I am also a common man, a teacher. Whatever I had to say, I said it in front of the speaker in the Parliament,” Gaikwad said.
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Gaikwad also said that he owe this apology to Parliament and not the Air India staff. National Carrier Air India on Friday lifted the ban on Gaikwad after a request from Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju.