Patna: Who’s going to take off first? The ego tussle and poll-time urgency among netas is giving a harrowing time to people manning Patna’s high security Jai Prakash Narayan International Airport.
With an unprecedented number of choppers and chartered planes being used in the ongoing electoral battle in Bihar, a different kind of war is on at the small airport. Since all politicians want to take off first for their multiple election rallies planned every day, they try to avoid mandatory security checks like frisking and enter the airport through VIP entry point or exit gate instead of the common entry point. As a result, they indulge in arguments and even minor fisticuffs with Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel responsible for the security of the facility.
Recently, Union Minister Ram Kripal Yadav created ruckus at the airport when he was asked to use the normal channel of movement at the airport in accordance with the Election Commission’s guidelines. He allegedly misbehaved with a woman official of the CISF after she prevented him from using the exit door to enter the high-security zone. He had to apologise after his conduct was reported in the media.
02/11/15 Tarique Anwar/First Post
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With an unprecedented number of choppers and chartered planes being used in the ongoing electoral battle in Bihar, a different kind of war is on at the small airport. Since all politicians want to take off first for their multiple election rallies planned every day, they try to avoid mandatory security checks like frisking and enter the airport through VIP entry point or exit gate instead of the common entry point. As a result, they indulge in arguments and even minor fisticuffs with Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel responsible for the security of the facility.
Recently, Union Minister Ram Kripal Yadav created ruckus at the airport when he was asked to use the normal channel of movement at the airport in accordance with the Election Commission’s guidelines. He allegedly misbehaved with a woman official of the CISF after she prevented him from using the exit door to enter the high-security zone. He had to apologise after his conduct was reported in the media.
02/11/15 Tarique Anwar/First Post
