Congress Says Rahul Gandhi's Plane Denied Permission To Land At Varanasi Airport, Officials Deny Charge

Varanasi Airport director, Aryama Sanyal denied the allegation that they had refused permission for Rahul Gandhi's plane to land.

Rahul Gandhi's plane was denied permission to land at Varanasi Airport, claimed Congress

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New Delhi: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s plane was denied permission to land at Varanasi airport late Monday night, claimed the party. However, the airport authorities denied the charge, reported news agency PTI. 

Senior Congress leader Ajay Rai on Tuesday said that Gandhi’s plane was scheduled to land at Varanasi’s Babat airport on his return from constituency, Wayanad in Kerala. 

Rai and other party leaders were at the airport to receive the Congress leader but his plane was not allowed to land “at the last minute,” he said. Gandhi then returned to the national capital. 

The officials at the Varanasi Airport, however, denied the charge. 

Quoting Varanasi airport director Aryama Sanyal, the report stated that there was no prior information about Gandhi's arrival.

The director denied the allegation that they had refused permission for Gandhi's plane to land. The air traffic controller was told that the plan to land the plane at the airport has been cancelled, Sanyal added. 

The former Congress chief was scheduled to visit Prayagraj for a function at the Kamla Nehru Memorial Hospital on Tuesday, Rai said

The Wayanad MP on Monday visited the house of a tribal man who was found dead near Kozhikode medical college recently.

Vishwanathan (46) was found hanging near the medical college hospital at Kozhikode on February 11, where his wife was admitted for delivery.

Gandhi, who reached the Kozhikode airport on Sunday night, visited the house of Vishwanathan in Wayanad district this morning along with party leaders after the family suspected foul play behind the tribal man's death.

After visiting the family, Gandhi alleged that Vishwanathan was the victim of a mob trial and a comprehensive probe should be carried out into the incident. "Viswanathan's family should get justice," he said in a tweet in Malayalam, posted on his Lok Sabha office account.