Haryana Transport Minister Anil Vij was recently left stranded outside the Kurushetra Development Board Office and had to hitch a ride to reach the Kurushetra University for an event. The incident took place when the minister attended an inaugural event at Bharam Sarovar where Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh performed a puja. After the event, Singh left for the university to participate in the International Gita seminar, leaving the transport minister behind. A viral video shows Vij standing alone on the road trying to stop Singh’s cavalcade but Singh did not notice. Eventually, MP Naveen Jindal stopped and offered Vij a lift.
Sukhu speaks to locals during morning walk
During his routine morning walk on Thursday, Himachal Pradesh CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu visited Kachari Bazaar in Dharamsala and engaged warmly with the locals. He spoke with the daughter of a vegetable vendor and enquired about their business. Interestingly, she was the same girl whom Sukhu spoke last year after which he had announced a loan waiver scheme for small shopkeepers in the state budget. As few young girls were waiting for a bus at Kachari Chowk, he also interacted with them and asked for their well-being besides talking to passersby. The winter session of the HP Assembly began in Dharamsala on Wednesday.
Himachal DCM Agnihotri slams Indigo over delay
Himachal Pradesh DCM Mukesh Agnihotri slammed the IndiGo airline for the delay of its Delhi-Chandigarh flight on Saturday night. In a post on X in Hindi, Agnihotri said the flight, scheduled to depart at 8:30 pm, was rescheduled to 1:30 am due to the non-availability of a pilot. Terming the situation “unacceptable”, he said that the passengers were left waiting for hours facing significant inconvenience. AICC in charge for Himachal Pradesh Rajni Patil also criticised the delay in a social media post. She wrote, “Delhi–Chandigarh Indigo flight delayed for an unusually long time due to unavailability of a pilot. Passengers deserve better coordination and communication.”
Harpreet Bajwa
Our correspondent in Chandigarh
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