Mysore/Mysuru: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari and his family, who were on a six-day tour of Mysuru and Kodagu, is scheduled to fly back to New Delhi in a chartered flight from Mysore Airport at Mandakalli this afternoon. The flight is scheduled to depart Mysore Airport at about 2.15 pm.

The Minister and his family members, who arrived in Mysuru on June 8, stayed at Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel in city and left for Kodagu on June 9. The Union Minister and his family members, who arrived from Kodagu to Mysuru this noon, had lunch at Suttur Mutt. They were accompanied by Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha, MUDA Chairman H.V. Rajeev and other BJP leaders.

Gadkari and his family were scheduled to leave Mysuru in a private chartered plane at 2.15 pm, when we went to the Press.