Uttarakhand CM offers to fly Koshyari back after Maha govt denies state plane

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Friday said that the state government will provide a plane to Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari to return to Mumbai if he desires so. The statement came a day after the Governor was forced to deboard a Maharashtra government aircraft at the Mumbai airport.

Shiv Sena on Saturday defended the Maharashtra Government's decision not to permit Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari to use the state flight services to fly to Dehradun claiming that his tour was 'personal'.

In an editorial in its mouthpiece "Saamana", the Shiv Sena slammed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for creating a "fuss" over the issue.

"The governor, a day before his scheduled departure for Dehradun, was already informed that he cannot be permitted to use the state aircraft for his tour as it is his 'personal trip'. But still, he went to the airport. What is the reason for such stubbornness," Shiv Sena said in an editorial in its mouthpiece "Saamana".

Koshyari, who was scheduled to visit Dehradun on Thursday by a state government plane, had to book a commercial flight to Dehradun after he was informed on reaching the Mumbai Airport about the denial of permission to him to use the state flight.