BHOPAL: Chaos and confusion erupted at Bhopal’s Raja Bhoj Airport on Tuesday after a group of Congress MLAs and their family members, who had gathered to board a special flight to Bengaluru, were left stranded for hours. The trip was later abruptly called off after Meenakshi Natarajan’s Rajya Sabha nomination was cancelled.
Around noon, 74 passengers — including 38 MLAs and their family members — arrived at the airport expecting to depart immediately. Another 20 MLAs were due to travel on an evening flight. The sudden rejection of Natarajan’s nomination upset those plans and sparked uncertainty.
Airport authorities initially refused clearance for the outbound aircraft because officials were presented with a handwritten passenger manifest, which the Bhopal airport administration said was not valid. “They were allowed to depart only after completing the formalities and submitting the manifest for all 74 passengers. Any handwritten manifest was not acceptable,” a senior airport official said.
The refusal to clear the flight left legislators and their families stranded for more than four hours. Some waited inside the terminal while others stood outside with luggage, unsure whether spouses and children would be permitted to travel with the MLAs.
10/06/2026 Ramendra Singh/Times of India
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