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No question of apology to pilots’ forum: MP

New Delhi: The row over an MP being asked to get off an aircraft by its pilot deepened on Sunday as the former refused to tender an apology and threatened the pilots’ body to “do what it wants to do.”

“There is no question of any apology from my side. I have done noting wrong,” Indian Union Muslim League MP Abdul Wahab, who was accused of allegedly using foul language against an Indian Airlines Pilot, said on Sunday.

The Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA) had said they would file a defamation suit against Mr. Wahab for allegedly calling the pilot a “glorified driver” and asked him to tender an unconditional apology.

“I have not even told anyone what the pilot had said to me. My party president E. Ahmed has asked me not to say anything right now. They are going to fight the battle on my behalf,” Mr. Wahab told the CNN IBN.

On the charge that he had entered the cockpit and therefore created a security scare, Mr. Wahab said: “I am writing to the Civil Aviation Minister to install cameras inside cockpits. Let the nation know what happens there.” — PTI

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