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New Delhi:  "Don’t... don’t... don’t do that!" an Air India official is heard shouting in a video as she tries to stop Shiv Sena parliamentarian Ravindra Gaikwad from assaulting her colleague in an aircraft and pushing him down the step-ladder on Thursday.

Mr Gaikwad thrashed Air India duty manager Shiv Kumar, 60, with slippers and abused him during an argument over a business class seat. Displaying no remorse later, he bragged, "I hit him 25 times with my sandal."

The parliamentarian from Maharashtra had refused to exit the plane for nearly an hour after it landed in Delhi on Thursday morning and demanded to see top officials to ask why he had to fly economy despite a business class ticket - which MPs are entitled to. He refused to accept the airline’s explanation that there were only economy seats on the flight.

A part of the incident has been caught on camera. In the video, the MP is restrained as he assaults Shiv Kumar, who tried to get him to leave the plane.

A woman official is seen pleading with him. "You are an MP, you shouldn’t do like this..."

Mr Gaikwad, 57, was seen sitting unconcerned in seat 1F on the front row, calmly parrying her entreaties.

"Why do you want to go to jail, sir? You will face a murder charge," the official says, apparently referring to the politician’s attempt to push Shiv Kumar down the step-ladder.

"Let them (charge me). I face many cases," Mr Gaikwad shoots back.

The official plods on: "You are our role model... you are our elected representative, our democratic leader."

But nothing moves the MP, who has now been barred by a group of airlines.

Shiv Kumar has said in a written complaint that he was beaten, abused, humiliated in front of crew and his spectacles broken. "God help our country if this is the behaviour and culture of our MPs," he said.

This morning, Mr Gaikwad declared that he would not apologise. "I dare the Delhi police to arrest me...I will not apologise, he (Air India manager) must come to me and apologise," he said.

Air India, other major airlines ban unruly Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad

Ravindra Gaikwad

Air India, other major airlines ban unruly Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad

Air India on Friday blacklisted "unruly" Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad who admitted to assaulting an airline staffer "25 times" with his shoes and attempted to throw him out of the aircraft on Thursday.
 
An Air India official confirmed to IANS that the order "blacklisting him with immediate effect" has been issued, but the period and other details are not yet available.
 
A common practice among many international and some Indian private airlines for safety and security reasons, this is the first time that the national carrier has introduced such a ’blacklist’ of rowdy passengers.

Ironically, the first law-breaker who figures on the Air India ’blacklist’ happens to be a law-maker from Maharashtra, a former teacher with two terms as legislator and now a first-time MP from Osmanabad district. Minister of State for Civil Aviation tweeted about the issue. 

Unruly behaviour and violence on our aviation network is regrettable. Each such incident will be investigated and appropriate action taken.
 — Jayant Sinha (@jayantsinha) March 23, 2017
Late Thursday, the Air India said it was "examining the possibility of creating a ’no fly’ list of unruly passengers on the lines of other airlines," after lodging two separate FIRs against Gaikwad - for assaulting a shift manager and delaying a scheduled flight to Goa.
 
On his part, Gaikwad has shot off complaints to Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju and Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan demanding an enquiry into the incident.
Meanwhile, Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray has sought an explanation from Gaikwad for his behaviour which has caused embarrassment in ruling circles as the party is an ally both at the Centre and in Maharashtra.
 
Gaikwad’s grouse stemmed from the fact that he was forced to travel economy class on a Pune-New Delhi flight AI-852 though he held an open business class ticket.
 
He later refused to disembark from the flight at New Delhi airport for an hour, hurled abuses, indulged in violent and unruly behaviour and even tried to physically fling out the staffer from the aircraft.
Private carriers ban MP after brazen assault on AI staffer 

Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad was today barred from flying by four private Indian carriers after his brazen assault on an Air India officer.
 
The Federation of Indian Airlines, which has Jet Airways, IndiGo, SpiceJet and GoAir as its members, has taken a "strong view of the incident and accordingly taken a decision to bar Gaikwad from flying", an FIA source said.
 
The FIA will not allow the Sena MP to fly on its member carriers, the source said. It is likely to come out with a detailed statement on the issue soon.
 
Meanwhile, Budget carrier IndiGo today said it will support any move which bars unruly passengers from flying, a day after Air India said it was mulling preparing a no-fly list for such people.
 
"We will support a no-fly list," IndiGo President and Whole Time Director Aditya Ghosh told PTI. Yesterday Gaikwad had repeatedly hit a 60-year-old Air India officer with sandal over being unable to travel business class despite having insisted on boarding an all-economy flight.