Bengaluru: Three chartered flights hired by the Congress and Janata Dal (S) to fly out their 116 elected representatives to Kochi were cancelled after the Director General of Civil Aviation reportedly denied them permission on some technical grounds. “We had arranged for the chartered flights. We were told that the DGCA has denied permission to the aircrafts. We had to return to the resort with our candidates,” said a Congress spokesperson.
The Congress and JD(S) are trying to keep their flock of 114 and two Independent legislators together to prevent them from being poached by the BJP. "We had arranged for the chartered flights from HAL airport and 120 of us went to the airport in the evening. We were told that the DGCA has denied permission to the aircrafts. We had to return to the resort with our candidates," said a Congress spokesperson.
Congress candidate from Ballari Anand Singh was allegedly “forcefully” whisked away by BJP party men on Wednesday, when he was on his way to the KPCC office from the Jakkur airstrip where he had landed from Ballari. Singh was reportedly “abducted” when he was crossing the Hebbal flyover. “Another Congress legislator was reportedly abducted, when he was traveling to Bengaluru by bus,” he added.
