Raipur/New Delhi: A day after Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi was made to wait 55 minutes before his chopper could take off from Delhi for Bareilly, where he was to address a rally, in a virtual repeat, party president Rajnath Singh had to wait for about an hour at the Jagdalpur airstrip, as the Air Traffic Control (ATC) did not permit his chopper to take off for.
Modi had alleged a Congress conspiracy for the delay. The BJP had even complained to the Election Commission. However, sources in the Directorate General Civil Aviation (DGCA) said they had nothing to do with the delay.
Sources in the IGI Airport said originally Modi was to take a jet from Delhi to Pantnagar. Visibility in Pantnagar dropped and Modi’s team changed his plans, deciding instead to fly to Bareilly. As Bareilly airstrip does not support landing of a jet, he had to take a helicopter.
Flight plans and papers had to be prepared afresh, which is what caused the delay. Modi however, said it was the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government which had delyed the clearances to his flight on purpose, so that those waiting for him at the public meeting would just leave.
03/04/14 R Krishna Das and Sharmistha Mukherjee/Business Standard
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Modi had alleged a Congress conspiracy for the delay. The BJP had even complained to the Election Commission. However, sources in the Directorate General Civil Aviation (DGCA) said they had nothing to do with the delay.
Sources in the IGI Airport said originally Modi was to take a jet from Delhi to Pantnagar. Visibility in Pantnagar dropped and Modi’s team changed his plans, deciding instead to fly to Bareilly. As Bareilly airstrip does not support landing of a jet, he had to take a helicopter.
Flight plans and papers had to be prepared afresh, which is what caused the delay. Modi however, said it was the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government which had delyed the clearances to his flight on purpose, so that those waiting for him at the public meeting would just leave.
03/04/14 R Krishna Das and Sharmistha Mukherjee/Business Standard
