Dr Nirala Sinha reveals the real story behind the video with KJ Alphons

Dr Nirala Sinha reveals the real story behind the video with KJ Alphons

Hours after a video emerged, showing Dr Nirala Sinha arguing with Union minister KJ Alphons after her flight was delayed. Dr Nirala Sinha, finally back in Patna, has spoken out on the controversy.

In the video, shot at Manipur’s Imphal airport on November 21, Sinha is seen lambasting Alphons, a minister of state for electronics and information technology, after her flight got delayed.

Initial reports said Sinha’s IndiGo flight to Patna was delayed because of Alphons’s arrival. However, the airport director later claimed the reason for the delay was the flight movement of the President of India.

Dr Nirala Sinha said “individuals [in India] are suffering” due to the country’s “VVIP culture”.

“VVIP culture in this country must go because many individually are suffering. Every individual is important and every individual’s relation is important,” she said. Sinha went on to explain the reason she was in a hurry to fly from Imphal to Patna: a tragedy in her family.

She said she wanted to reach Patna as soon as she could in order to attend the funeral of a close family member. Ultimately, due to the delay in Imphal, she ended up giving the funeral a miss. Sinha also seemingly rebutted that he had intervened after seeing her in “distress”.

The minister did nothing to lessen her pain, Sinha said. “I was managing myself at the airport. The minister did not do anything. No one came for (sic) my help.”

Sinha also spoke about the Modi government’s supposed drive against ‘VVIP culture’ essentially saying the Prime Minister’s words do not seem to match what is happening on the ground.

“If PM is against VVIP culture, why his policy is not being implemented? If the President who came for the Shanghai festival get preference, why [do] individuals like me do not get it?” Sinha questioned. She went on to demand that Prime Minister Modi personally look into the matter.