SILIGURI, Oct 31: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has cancelled her scheduled four-day visit to Bhutan after her flight was forced to make an emergency landing at Bagdogra Airport in North Bengal on Thursday due to adverse weather conditions over the Eastern Himalayas, official sources said.

The Finance Minister, who was en route to Thimphu, the Bhutanese capital, was unable to land at Paro Airport because of poor visibility caused by severe weather. Following the diversion, Sitharaman spent the night at a hotel in Siliguri.

She returned to Bagdogra Airport today, where local BJP leaders and workers greeted her before she flew back to New Delhi, cancelling the planned visit.

According to sources, Sitharaman’s aircraft encountered turbulent weather yesterday afternoon, forcing

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