Was Punjab CM drunk on plane in Frankfurt? This is what India's aviation minister said

Indian aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Tuesday (20) said he will look into the allegations that Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann was thrown out from a Delhi-bound flight at the Frankfurt airport in Germany as he was "drunk".

The minister asserted that it was important to verify the facts.

Sukhbir Singh Badal, chief of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), one of the main opposition parties of the state, on Monday (19) alleged that Mann was deplaned from a Lufthansa flight at the Frankfurt airport because he was in an inebriated state.

Indian National Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa too sought an inquiry into the matter and shot off a letter to Scindia.

"This was an incident on international soil. We will have to make sure that we verify the facts. It is up to Lufthansa airline to provide the data. Based on the request that has been sent to me, I will certainly look into it," Scindia told reporters on the sidelines of an event.

Punjab's ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has dismissed the opposition's charge as baseless and bogus.

Mann returned from his eight-day trip from Germany on Monday (19) where he had gone to attract investments.