He said though preliminary investigation has not revealed anything suspicious, the directorate general of civil aviation (DGCA) has been asked to conduct an independent inquiry into the incident.

Bains said that nobody was hurt during the emergency landing.

Badal was going to Jalalabad to thank the voters of the constituency from where he was elected to the state assembly by a whopping margin of over 80,000 votes earlier this month.

Despite the emergency landing, Badal continued his journey and carried on with his programme.