New Delhi: Aviation regulator DGCA requested a report from IndiGo airlines on the alleged violation of security and social distancing protocols by the media on its Chandigarh-Mumbai flight that had actor Kangana Ranaut as a passenger, sources said on Friday.
“We have seen some videos where the media is too close to each other on Wednesday’s flight 6E264. It appears to be a violation of safety and social distancing protocols. We have asked IndiGo to report on this incident. “said a DGCA. the official said.
Another DGCA official confirmed that the regulator requested a report from the airline about this incident. Ranaut was sitting in one of the first rows of the Chandigarh-Mumbai flight on Wednesday, the official added.
Many journalists were also on the same flight. According to the social distancing regulations of the Ministry of Civil Aviation issued on May 25, “upon arrival at the destination, passengers must be able to exit (from the plane) in sequence to avoid crowding.”
Kangana Ranaut, at the center of a dispute with the Maharashtra government, turned her attention on Friday to the Speaker of Congress, Sonia Gandhi, to tell her that she must intervene and stop the harassment of women.
Ranaut, whose comment comparing Mumbai to Pakistan’s occupied Kashmir sparked a dispute with Maharashtra’s ruler Shiv Sena, as well as his coalition partners, Congress and the NCP, said that history would judge Gandhi’s silence and indifference.
Ranaut’s office here faced action for “illegal” tampering by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) led by Shiv Sena on Wednesday.
The 33-year-old actress has been aggressively criticizing the Maharashtra government on Twitter since she returned to the city from her home state of Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday, shortly after parts of her office were demolished by civic authorities.
On Thursday, Ranaut took on the Maharashtra government by punishing Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray for “abusing power” and declaring that his voice will not be suppressed.
The ‘Queen’ actor, who has been granted Y-plus category security, posted a series of tweets comparing the BMC to bullies, calling the state government a ‘milavat sarkar’ and recalling Marathi culture and pride.
Later that day, Union Minister Ramdas Athawale met Ranaut at his residence in Khar here and alleged that BMC’s demolition of his bungalow in Bandra was carried out out of a feeling of revenge and that the government Maharashtra also had a role to play.
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