Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad (allegedly assaulted an airline staffer at Delhi airport?, following which Air India lodged a police complaint against him) at Parliament House, in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: Photo: Kamal Narangmore-inSupporters of Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad, who assaulted an Air India staffer in Delhi last week, on Monday called for a bandh in Osmanabad district to protest his “humiliation” over the incident. “We have called for an Osmanabad bandh to protest the humiliation of our leader by the airlines who have denied him flying rights,” Shiv Sena district vice president Kamlakar Chavan told PTI over the phone. The Osmanabad MP said he is lying low on his party’s instructions. Mr. Gaikwad had refused to alight, holding up the aircraft for over 40 minutes.

Source: The Hindu March 27, 2017 06:33 UTC