MONDAY, MAY 8, 2017 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Sacked Minister accuses Kejriwal of graft; BJP, Cong gun for him PIA to suspend Mumbai flights Accident averted at Delhi airport , May 7: NEW DELHI, May 7: The bombshell prompted reporters after paying homage to AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan, LAHORE, May 7: calls from the BJP and Congress Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat. came out in support of Kejriwal. A major mishap was averted at Delhi airport after wing tips Struggling to steady itself Pakistan International Airlines will suspend its flights between for Kejriwal’s ouster, but AAP “Jain personally told me that “We can disagree, fight or be of Jet Airways flight hit another aircraft before take off this after the shock defeat in munici- Karachi and Mumbai from tomorrow due to "extremely low" traf- stood solidly behind its leader, he had settled a land deal worth disappointed with each other...I afternoon. pal elections, Delhi’s ruling fic volume on the route, a senior official of the national carrier has insisting there was no merit in Rs 50 crore of Kejriwal’s relative. know Arvind for 12 years and I Airport officials confirmed that nobody was injured in the inci- AAP was today hit by a scandal said. the allegation and that “even his When I told Kejriwal, he said that can say I cannot believe it, even dent. According to sources, the incident took place at around 1500 with a top party leader accusing PIA operated two flights in a week (Monday and Thursday) (Kejriwal’s) enemies will not it was a lie and asked me to have his enemies won’t,” Vishwas said. hrs when the tail of a Patna-bound Jet Airways aircraft hit the Chief Minister between the commercial capitals of Pakistan and , Karachi believe it”. faith in him,” Mishra said. “I feel sad about the allega- wings of another plane headed to Srinagar. of accepting Rs 2 crore from a and Mumbai. Mishra, who was Delhi’s Though Kejriwal did not tions. Be it about the party’s "Both the planes were on their way to runway no 29", sources minister. However, the PIA's Lahore-Delhi flight operation will continue water resources minister before respond to the allegations, his internal talks, discrepancies in added. Airport officials said that an inquiry would be ordered to Kapil Mishra, who was yes- as traffic volume on this route is satisfactory, the PIA official said. being sacked, had sided with deputy and even ticket distribution, loopholes in The suspension of Karachi-Mumbai route may add traffic to look into the incident. (UNI) terday sacked as minister, another top leader Kumar Kumar Vishwas rubbished it. political agenda... But it is alleged he was an “eyewitness” Lahore-Delhi route, he said. Vishwas in his fight with Kejriwal “The allegations are absurd wrong to level such allegations "There will be no PIA flight between Karachi to Mumbai and to health and PWD minister before the two called truce. and do not merit a response. He publicly,” Vishwas, to whom Satyendar Jain handing over Rs Mumbai to Karachi from April 8. The PIA has stopped booking for “I saw with my own eyes was sacked due to poor perform- Mishra is considered close, said. flights on this route,” the official said. two crore to Kejriwal. Satyendar Jain giving Rs 2 crore ance,” Sisodia told reporters. The city unit of BJP demand- Mishra also claimed Jain had The PIA management has decided to suspend the flight on the cash to Arvind Kejriwal at his Vishwas, who had criticised ed immediate resignation of Karachi-Mumbai route because of extremely low traffic (on the route). told him in private conversation residence. When I asked Kejriwal following the party’s Kejriwal and a probe by multiple that he had “settled” a Rs 50 "Since we have been bearing financial loss on this route for the last Kejriwal, he said such things dismal performance in the MCD agencies including CBI, Income six months or so we have arrived at a decision to suspend this route," crore land deal in favour of a happen in politics and it will be elections, and even threatened to Tax department and the relative of the chief minister. the official said, adding that unless a special subsidy is not given by revealed later,” Mishra told quit party after he was attacked by Enforcement Directorate. the Government on this route it may not be restored in the near future. Delhi BJP chief met Lt The move comes amid a strain in Indo-Pak ties following the Governor Anil Baijal and request- beheading of two Indian soldiers by the Pakistan military in ed him to explore the possibility Jammu and Kashmir.(PTI) of “immediately dismissing” the Kejriwal Government. “Sir, we request you to please examine the possibility of imme- diately dismissing the Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his ministerial colleague Satyendar Jain under the constitutional pro- visions and report entire matter to the President of India,” he said in his letter addressed to LG. Delhi Congress chief Ajay Maken also demanded the resig- nation of Kejriwal, claiming the AAP had “lost its anti- corrup- tion plank”. “Kejriwal has no moral right to continue as chief minister in the wake of the allegations by Mishra. He should step down,” Maken told a press conference here. “The Aam Admi Party (AAP) which was formed on anti-corruption plank has lost it in the wake of Mishra’s allega- tions against the chief minister, and the Shungulu Committee report that has put his Government in the dock for var- ious irregularities,” he said. (PTI)