Congress leader heckles Smriti Irani on IndiGo flight over inflation issue

All India Mahila Congress acting president Netta DSouza on Sunday fired questions on price rise at Union Minister Smriti Irani when the two came face-to-face on IndiGos Delhi-Guwahati flight, with the minister objecting to being “accosted”.

IndiGo said the incident is currently under investigation.

DSouza on Sunday posted a short video of the incident on Twitter where she asks Women and Child Development Minister Irani about the rising prices of cooking gas and petrol.

The minister – who was sitting in the first row of the plane – is heard asking DSouza to not block the way so that people behind her can de-board.

Irani, while walking on the aerobridge towards the terminal, is heard telling the Congress leader that 80 crore people in India are getting free food grains for the last 27 months.

It will be lovely if I am not accosted, she says, to which DSouza says “no one is being accosted”.

The Congress leader then tells Irani that she is a minister to which the latter replies, I am answering maam, and goes on to speak about free COVID-19 vaccination.

Some parts of the conversation in the video are not audible.

IndiGo spokesperson told

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