Not allowed to fly to Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar: Channi

Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi claimed that his chopper was not allowed to fly to Hoshiarpur and Jalandhar because that areas were declared as no-fly zones amid Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the state. Channi was to attend a poll rally along with Rahul Gandhi at Hoshiarpur. Gandhi was to attend a second rally alone in Gurdaspur which he attended. Channi claimed that the permission given to his chopper to fly to Hoshiarpur from Chandigarh was cancelled. “I had to fly at 11 am and I sat in the chopper. Suddenly I was told that the permission (for flying) has been cancelled and I could not go there,” the chief minister told reporters. “My four hours got wasted. I could not attend Rahul Gandhi’s rally because the clearance was not given,” he said.