An association of airlines has decided that Ravindra Gaikwad, a Shiv Sena MP who assaulted a staff member of Air India, will not be allowed on flights "with immediate effect," a statement said. Air India cancelled the MP's ticket to fly today from Delhi to Pune; so did Indigo after the politician tried his luck with the private carrier. This evening, he took a train to Mumbai. Mr Gaikwad, displaying no remorse over hitting the Air India staff member so badly that his spectacles broke, told reporters yesterday, "I hit him 25 times with my slipper."
