LS Secretariat seeks report on Gaikwad incident

The Lok Sabha Secretariat has sought details from the Civil Aviation Ministry of the incident involving Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad and the subsequent ban against him by Air India for assaulting its staffer.
The report has been sought after the privilege motion moved by the Shiv Sena as its MP was banned by all major domestic airlines from flying, after he had assaulted an Air-India employee.
A letter has been written by Lok Sabha Secretariat to top officials of the Civil Aviation Ministry seeking details of the entire episode of assault of an Air-India employee by Lok Sabha MP Gaikwad following which he has been banned from flying, sources in the Lok Sabha Secretariat said.

Yesterday, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan said she was considering a privilege motion by the Shiv Sena on the ban by all airlines on the party MP.
Any MP of either house can give notice against anyone who is accused of breach of privilege. This privilege provides certain rights and immunities to MPs, MLAs and MLCs.
Earlier, Mahajan had pitched for an amicable resolution of the issue after domestic airlines' blanket ban on Gaikwad.
Last month, 57-year old Gaikwad, a Lok Sabha member from Osmanabad in Maharashtra, had abused and assaulted a 60-year-old duty manager of Air India with slippers just because he had to travel economy class on an all-economy flight though he had an open business class ticket.

Air India has refused to fly the MP, following which other private airlines too refused to fly him. An FIR was also registered against him.