Days after being barred from flying by airlines, Shiv Sena MP(Member of Parliament) Ravindra Gaikwad flew to New Delhi to Punes in a chartered plane.
According to an Indian Express report, Gaikwad took the flight from Pune at 3 pm and reached New Delhi at 5 pm on Wednesday.
However, speaking to News18, the Shiv Sena MP said, "I am a poor man and I can't afford to charter a flight.”
On Thursday, he attended the Lok Sabha proceedings for the first time after the incident last month.
In the Lok Sabha, Gaikwad said he had only shoved the Air India employee when he insulted MPs, adding, "I apologise to parliament but not to the officer (read Air India manager)."
Shiv Sena MPs cheered him during his speech where Gaikwad described himself as gentle.
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"Vinamrata (humility) is my nature," he said, adding, "What is my crime that I am being subjected to a media trial by fire?"
Gaikwad, the Osmanabad MP, had last month abused and assaulted a 60-year-old duty manager of the national carrier with slippers for not being able to fly business class despite having boarded an all-economy Pune-New Delhi flight.
