NEW DELHI: An Indian government minister issued an apology after three passengers were ordered off a domestic flight just before take-off last week so he could have a seat.
After facing widespread flak on the social media, junior home minister Kiren Rijiju insisted he was unaware at the time that any passengers had been forced to make way for him and his entourage but he was nevertheless “sorry to those people who were offloaded” from the Air India flight.
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