Trinamool Congress’s Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra on Thursday alleged that she faced harassment from a group of men on board an IndiGo flight while travelling to Delhi to attend a meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence.

In a post on social media platform X, the Trinamool MP said the incident took place on IndiGo flight 6E 719.

“I travelled to Delhi today on official work to attend the meeting of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence. Was on seat 1F on 6E 719. 4-6 men boarded in a group & leered at me & went to back of plane,” Ms. Moitra wrote, sharing a video.

She alleged that after the flight landed and before the aircraft doors opened, the men heckled her and filmed the episode. “This is no ‘citizen anger’. This is harassment & violates my safety in an aircraft. No way that these louts can get away with this harassment inside an airplane,” she said.

Ms. Moitra tagged IndiGo and Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu, urging action against those involved. “Find your crew report, name & shame them & put on no-fly list,” read her post addressed to the airline.

In a second post, she said, “This is BJP culture. Why is anyone surprised.” Ms. Moitra said she had ignored the incident and went to the meeting, but came across the video that was “made viral” and decided to call it out.

“I ignored it & went to my mtng [meeting] from airport. Then people forwarded me video which the Sanghis were ‘viralling’. That’s when I called it out,” she said.

Ms. Moitra added that she would send a formal complaint to the airline.

There was no immediate response from IndiGo or the Civil Aviation Ministry.

A day after the Trinamool Congress faced a drubbing by the BJP in the West Bengal Assembly elections, TMC MP Mahua Moitra on Tuesday (May 5, 2026) said her party respects the mandate as the will of the people is supreme. She also said that the party will continue the fight for a “secular country”.

In a post on X, Ms. Moitra said, “The will of the people is supreme. If Bengal wanted the BJP, then Bengal has got the BJP. We respect that.” The BJP on Monday (May 4) scripted history by winning 206 seats to secure more than a two-thirds majority in the West Bengal assembly polls, ending the TMC’s 15-year rule.

The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Sunday (May 3, 2026) said it would uphold the “highest standards of transparency, security and efficiency” during the counting of votes on Monday (May 4, 2026) for the elections to the Assemblies of Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Puducherry and the bye-elections in seven Assembly constituencies of five States.

For West Bengal, the ECI had deployed 165 Additional Counting Observers to assist Counting Observers and 77 Police Observers to conduct “a secure, peaceful, intimidation-free and transparent environment”. Exuding confidence, the political parties and fronts in the States are also watching the counting preparations very closely.