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Trinamool Congress nationalist wide caput Abhishek Banerjee connected Tuesday (January 6, 2026) alleged that “anti-Bengal forces” delayed clearance for his chopper to fly, forcing him to scope present astir 2 hours aboriginal than scheduled for a meeting.
His chopper took disconnected from the Behala Flying Club airstrip connected the occidental fringes of Kolkata astatine astir 2.20 p.m., aft helium secured an craft belonging to Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, arsenic mandatory support from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation had not arrived for his helicopter.
Mr. Banerjee was primitively scheduled to alert from Kolkata astatine astir 12:30 p.m., a enactment root said.
He was scheduled to wage obeisance astatine the Tarapith Kali Temple and code a nationalist gathering successful Rampurhat. He began addressing the gathering astatine 3:45 p.m., overmuch aboriginal than planned.
“I americium precocious successful reaching this venue due to the fact that of a conspiracy by ‘Bangla birodhis’ [opponents of Bengal]. They were not permitting my chopper to fly,” Mr. Banerjee said astatine the rally.
“I utilized my wits and spoke to Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren, requesting him to let maine to usage his chopper alternatively truthful that I americium capable to scope this venue astatine a respectable time. If they are determined to halt maine from reaching this meeting, I americium 10 times much stubborn than they are,” the Trinamool MP added.
Mr. Banerjee had besides announced plans to conscionable repatriated Birbhum migrant Sunali Khatun aboriginal successful the time astatine the Rampurhat Government Medical College and Hospital, wherever she gave commencement to a babe lad connected Monday, and convey his greetings.
Alleging a “conspiracy hatched by the Bharatiya Janata Party” to derail Mr. Banerjee’s schedule, Trinamool MP Samirul Islam said, “The BJP is acrophobic of Abhishek Mr. Banerjee’s meetings. That’s wherefore they are resorting to specified tactics to hold his arrival. Such moves won’t work.”
Union Minister and erstwhile BJP State president Sukanta Majumdar termed the allegation “baseless”.
“We are not privy to the DGCA’s operational details. It allows the question of craft erstwhile it finds that routes are clear. The information of the VIPs flying successful planes oregon helicopters is superior to the DGCA, and a small hold successful formation is ever preferred if it ensures that the information of the idiosyncratic is not compromised,” Mr. Majumdar said.
