Renowned Bhojpuri actor and BJP MP, Manoj Tiwari who reached Raipur airport on Thursday for poll campaigning in Chhattisgarh, spent more than 90 minutes while waiting at airport as pilot  refused to take off a chopper carrying him as he had not been granted permission for landing at Bemetara’s Navagarh to address a public rally.

Held up for around 90-minute at Swami Vivekananda Airport, Mana Raipur, Tiwari vent his anger through a video post on Twitter.

The star campaigner of BJP was to address a public rally at Navagarh, but the pilot citing Rs no permission’ granted for landing, refused to take off the chopper carrying the Delhi BJP president Tiwari.

Irritated over the long hours of waiting, Manoj Tiwari made a self video and posted in his Twitter handle @ManojTiwariMP. The video was posted at around 12.18 pm.

In the video, Tiwari stated, “For the last one-and-a-half-hour I am standing at the Raipur Airport. My first public meeting was scheduled at Navagarh. But the pilot says that collector has not been granted permission, it seems that purposefully someone wants to disturb the proposed meeting. The Election Commission should take cognizance to it and also those in election work, should also take notice of it.”

The video post went viral and at around 1.00 pm, Tiwari again tweeted. He intimated that now his helicopter has been given landing permission but pointed fingers at Congress for the entire mess.

Bemetara Collector Mahadev Kaware, when contacted, said, “The concerned Returning Officer (SDM) has given the permission two days before. It seems, the pilot of helicopter did not accept order of SDM. After it came to my notice, I immediately cleared the permission. Permission is not granted two times for same event. In Chhattisgarh, as per the system, it is the Returning Officer of concerned assembly constituency, the authority to grant the permission.”