Cong's Jairam Ramesh alleges poll code violation by airline in announcements by cabin crew

In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Ramesh said, "Last week, I took flights to Aizawl and back to Delhi on Indigo. Both ways there was an announcement by the cabin crew that hailed the Prime Minister 'Shri Narendra Modiji' for something routine and inconsequential".

The Congress leader also claimed that there was no mention of the Election Commission of India (ECI) in the announcement made by the crew in the aircraft, which, he said, was a "clear violation of the model code of conduct".

"One of these announcements immediately segued into a vote appeal asking passengers to vote during upcoming state elections. Note that there was no mention of Election Commission in this announcement — a clear violation of the Model Code of Conduct," Ramesh wrote.