: Punjab CM claims his chopper was denied permission to fly as Narendra Modi was visiting the state #IndiaNEWS Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Monday alleged that his helicopter was denied

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Punjab CM claims his chopper was denied permission to fly as Narendra Modi was visiting the state #IndiaNEWS
Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Monday alleged that his helicopter was denied permission to take off in view of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the state’s Jalandhar state, NDTV reported.“Charanjit Channi is a chief minister, he’s not a terrorist that you are stopping him from flying to Hoshiarpur,� NDTV quoted him as saying.On Monday, Channi scheduled to fly from Chandigarh to Hoshiarpur to attend an election rally with Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, reported PTI.According to the chief minister, when he boarded his chopper at 11 am, he was told that the permission to fly had been cancelled. “Four hours got wasted,� PTI quoted him as saying. “I could not attend Rahul Gandhi’s rally because the clearance was not given,� he said.Channi said that a no-fly zone was declared because of Modi’s visit to the state. The chief minister added he had been granted permission to fly to Hoshiarpur, but the clearance was later withdrawn.However, unidentified officials in the Punjab government’s aviation department told The Indian Express that a “no-fly� zone had not been declared.Later on Monday, Channi travelled to Sujanpur town of Pathankot district and alleged that he was again refused permission to fly from there to Jalandhar, The Times of India reported. He then travelled by road, according to...Read more

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