Shiv Sena MP Gaikwad should not have manhandled AI staff, says party

Reacting on the Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad brawl with Air India staff, party leader Sanjay Raut on Saturday said that he should have kept calm and should not have manhandled the staff.

"What happened was wrong. He should have kept calm," Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut told media in New Delhi.

Earlier, Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad hit an Air India staff member with his slippers nearly 25 times over seat issue.

An Air India spokesperson informed about the incident. Gaikwad accepted that he had thrashed the staff member, saying the latter had misbehaved with him.

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