Buddhadeb stays back in Siliguri as Jet flight cancelled

West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, who was scheduled to return on Thursday to Kolkata from Siliguri, had to stay back here following cancellation of Jet Airways' Bagdogra-Kolkata flight due to pilots' strike, state government officials said.

West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, who was scheduled to return on Thursday to Kolkata from Siliguri, had to stay back here following cancellation of Jet Airways' Bagdogra-Kolkata flight due to pilots' strike, state government officials said.

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Two Jet Airways flights, Bagdogra-Kolkata and Bagdogra-Delhi, were cancelled on Thursday following pilots' strike which entered the third day on Thursday, Bagdogra Airport Director K K Bhowmick said.

The chief minister, who visited the place accompanied by his wife on September 8, addressed a public meeting in connection with the Siliguri Municipal Corporation polls and also presided over a meeting of North Bengal Development Council.