Bhopal, December 22: A day after Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Pragya Thakur filed a complaint with the Bhopal Airport Director against Spicejet, the airline issued a clarification over the entire incident. In the statement, Spicejet said that the BJP MP had refused to co-operate with it. The airline said that Thakur booked seat number 1A, but at the time of the booking the BJP MP did not tell that she would be travelling along with her wheelchair. SpiceJet Plane Overshoots Runway at Shirdi Airport, Close Shave For Passengers.

The statement read, “SpiceJet had the privilege to have Honourable Smt. Pragya Thakur on board SpiceJet flight SG 2498 (Delhi-Bhopal) on December 21. She had pre-booked seat 1A and had come to the airport in her own wheelchair.” The statement further said, “The Delhi-Bhopal flight is operated by Bombardier Q400 aircraft (78 seaters). On this aircraft, the first row is the emergency row seat and is not allocated to passengers on wheelchairs.”

Thakur filed a complaint with the Bhopal Airport Director alleging that she was not allotted the seat that she had booked in a Spicejet flight, and the conduct of the airline crew with her was not right. The Lok Sabha MP from Bhopal filed the complaint on Saturday after allegedly being inconvenienced onboard a flight. Anil Vikram, Airport Director, Bhopal acknowledged receiving a written complaint from the Bhopal MP and added that an enquiry is being held, as a part of which the SpiceJet crew will be questioned regarding the incident.

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