Drunk Mann causes flight delay: reports
Taking to Twitter, SAD leader Sukhbir Singh Badal said, “Disturbing media reports quoting co-passengers say Pb CM Bhagwant Mann was deplaned from Lufthansa flight as he was too drunk to walk. And it led to a 4-hour flight delay.
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Chandigarh, Sept 19: Senior leaders of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) accused Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann of “shaming Punjabis” after allegedly deplaning at Frankfurt airport in Germany because he was drunk.
Taking to Twitter, SAD leader Sukhbir Singh Badal said, “Disturbing media reports quoting co-passengers say Pb CM Bhagwant Mann was deplaned from Lufthansa flight as he was too drunk to walk. And it led to a 4-hour flight delay.
He missed AAP's national convention. These reports have embarrassed & shamed Punjabis all over the globe. Shockingly, Pb govt is mum over these reports involving their CM.” The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has refuted the allegations against Mann as “ baseless”, with chief spokesperson Malwinder Singh Kang stating that the Punjab CM returned to New Delhi on schedule. "Chief Minister returned as per his schedule. He took a returning flight on September 18 from Germany. He had to land in New Delhi on the 19th of September. The allegations being leveled by the opposition are baseless, rubbish, and false propaganda," Kang told India Today. Meanwhile, Lufthansa Group in a statement said the flight departed late due to “a delayed inbound flight and an aircraft change”.
“Our flight from Frankfurt to Delhi departed later than originally planned due to a delayed inbound flight and an aircraft change,” the statement read. It added, “For data protection reasons we do not provide any information regarding individual passengers.”