TMC MP Mahua Moitra movies “louts” focusing on her on Delhi-bound IndiGo flight
4 min learnNew DelhiUp to date: Might 7, 2026 08:26 PM IST
Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra on Thursday alleged harassment onboard an IndiGo flight to Delhi, claiming {that a} group of male passengers shouted slogans focusing on her occasion and filmed her contained in the plane after touchdown.
In a publish shared on X, Moitra mentioned she was travelling to Delhi on official work to attend a gathering of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence. In line with her assertion, she was seated on seat 1F on IndiGo flight 6E 719 when “4-6 males boarded in a gaggle & leered at me & went to again of aircraft.”
She additional alleged that after the plane landed, and earlier than the doorways opened, the group started shouting slogans and recording movies contained in the aircraft.
“ALERT! i travelled to Delhi at the moment on official work to attend assembly of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence. Was on seat 1F on 6E 719. 4-6 males boarded in a gaggle & leered at me & went to again of aircraft. When flight landed & earlier than doorways opened that is what they did & filmed it. That is no ‘citizen anger’. That is harassment & violates my security in an plane,” Moitra wrote on X.
Within the video shared by Moitra, a number of males might be heard elevating slogans together with “Jai Shri Ram,” “chor chor TMC chor (TMC is a celebration of thieves),” and “pishi chor, bhaipo chor (the aunt and her nephew are thieves),” apparently referring to Mamata Banerjee and Abhishek Banerjee. The group can be heard shouting “Trinamool shob chor,” which interprets to “everybody in Trinamool are thieves.”
ALERT! i travelled to Delhi at the moment on official work to attend assembly of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence. Was on seat 1F on 6E 719. 4-6 males boarded in a gaggle & leered at me & went to again of aircraft. When flight landed & earlier than doorways opened that is what they did &… pic.twitter.com/QE0SwrUY8I
— Mahua Moitra (@MahuaMoitra) Might 7, 2026
The TMC MP additionally tagged IndiGo, Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu and others in her publish and urged the airline to establish the passengers concerned. “No approach that these louts can get away with this harassment inside an airplane. @IndiGo6E discover your crew report, title & disgrace them & placed on no fly checklist,” she added.
Indian Categorical reached out to IndiGo for remark. The report shall be up to date as soon as a response is acquired. It additionally stays unclear whether or not any formal grievance has been lodged with aviation authorities or legislation enforcement businesses.
Nonetheless, in a separate publish on X, Moitra mentioned, “That is BJP tradition. Why is anybody shocked? I ignored it & went to my mtng from airport. Then folks forwarded me video which the Sanghis have been “viralling”. That’s after I known as it out. @IndiGo6E tells me they want a proper grievance. Which I’m sending.”
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The incident comes amid heightened political tensions in West Bengal following the just lately concluded Meeting elections. Within the polls, the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering defeated the Trinamool Congress, marking a significant political shift after years of TMC rule beneath Mamata Banerjee. The election marketing campaign witnessed intense exchanges between the BJP and TMC, with corruption allegations and political violence changing into key speaking factors all through the competition.
