The flight carrying an Indian MP delegation to Moscow led by Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader Kanimozhi had to circle in the sky for sometime due to a drone attack but the aircraft later landed safely.
After arrival the delgation was received by Leonid Slutsky, Chair of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, along with other Members of the State Duma.
The members of the delegation received by Russia’s Federal Assembly included Samajwadi Party (SP) MP Rajeev Rai, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Captain Brijesh Chowkta, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Prem Chand Gupta, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Ashok Kumar Mittal, and former Ambassador Manjeev Singh Puri.
According to PTI, Kanimozhi is leading the delegation of MPs deputed by the Centre as part of an international outreach post Operation Sindoor, a military offensive aimed at terror launch pads in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir.
Sources close to Kanimozhi, a Lok Sabha member, said the flight had to circle mid-air.
“It circled in the air and later landed and there was a delay of 45 minutes. She (Kanimozhi) landed safely,” sources close to Kanimozhi said in Chennai on Friday.
