Chopper halted in Delhi, Akhilesh cries conspiracy

Lucknow: Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Friday alleged that he was stranded in Delhi as his helicopter was not being allowed to take off for Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar.

In a tweet in Hindi, the SP president posted a picture with the helicopter in the background.

“My helicopter is still detained in Delhi without assigning any reason and not being allowed to go to Muzaffarnagar, whereas a top BJP leader has just flown from here. This is a desperate conspiracy of the losing BJP,” he said.

However, top government sources said that there was no deliberate attempt to delay the SP president’s chopper and it was a result of high air traffic in the national capital. — Agencies