The Congress alleged that Rahul Gandhi‘s plane was denied permission to land at the airport late on Monday, which the airport authorities denied. Congress leader Ajay Rai on Tuesday claimed that Gandhi’s plane was supposed to land at the Babat Airport here on his way back from Wayanad in Kerala.
Rai said he and other party leaders were at the airport to receive their leader but his plane was not allowed to land “at the last minute”. Gandhi then returned to the national capital. However, Varanasi Airport Director Aryama Sanyal told that there was no prior information about Gandhi’s arrival.
The director denied the allegation that they refused to land Gandhi’s plane. The air traffic controller was told that the plan to land at the airport had been cancelled, Sanyal said. The former Congress chief was scheduled to visit Prayagraj on Tuesday for a function at the Kamla Nehru Memorial Hospital, Rai said.
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