In a viral video on Wednesday, a passenger at the Imphal airport – a woman doctor – was seen shouting at Union minister Alphons KJ and others as she had to catch a flight to attend to a critical patient and her flight got delayed.
The woman alleged that her flight was delayed due to VIP movement.
Union minister Alphons KJ refuted the allegations that the flight was delayed because of him. His statement came soon after the woman was seen blasting him, in the viral video, for her flight getting delayed because of his arrival at the airport.
WATCH:Angry passenger shouts at Union Minister KJ Alphons at Imphal Airport after flights were delayed due to VVIP arrival schedule #Manipur pic.twitter.com/0EWHjIA30n
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Speaking to news agency ANI, the Union minister of state for tourism said, “I don’t think there is any controversy at all. I saw this lady in distress and I went up to talk to her. She said she has to attend a funeral in Patna. I told her that there is a protocol when the president or the prime minister is landing no flight can take off.”
“Apart from the prime minister and the president, there is no protocol for any minister. The woman had to talk to someone; it is fine with me that she vented her anger on me,” he said.
Following the incident, the airport director said, “Yesterday, no scheduled flight was diverted or cancelled. But three scheduled flights were delayed by around two hours due to the president’s flight movement.”
“We heard that one passenger who was travelling from Imphal to Patna argued with Union minister KJ Alphons,” he added.
Earlier in the day, apart from lashing out at the minister, the woman asked Alphons to give it in writing to her that her flight wouldn’t be delayed further.
The woman in the video was seen screaming at the minister and few others present at the scene, while Alphons was seen trying to calm her down.
