Gaikwad flying ban: Shiv Sena threatens flight operations at Mumbai, Pune

Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad was put in no-fly list by Air India after he hit a staff with slippers

The Shiv Sena, a key constituent of the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA), on Thursday threatened to disrupt flight operations from Mumbai and Pune airports over the flying ban on its member of Parliament Ravindra Gaikwad by airlines. 

The party also declared it would not attend the April 10 meeting of the NDA, if the ban was not lifted.

State-run carrier Air India placed Gaikwad, Lok Sabha member from Osmanabad, on its no-fly list last month after he beat up an employee with slippers. Subsequently, some private airlines also banned him from flying by their aircraft.

Sena MPs issued the