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In the ongoing verbal duel between Congress general secretary K.C. Venugopal and Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia over soaring air fares, Mr. Venugopal, in a fresh rebuttal late on Sunday, said hard facts and everyday suffering of the middle class cannot be wished away by distorting figures and misrepresenting the actual facts on the ground,in response to Mr. Scindias earlier comment calling him ill-informed...
This government has been incapable of curbing this price rise, preventing predatory behaviour on part of airlines, and has facilitated a loot at the hands of crony airport operators..
The spat began with Mr. Venugopals jibe on Twitter on Saturday that the skyrocketing airfares has made Prime Minister Narendra Modis claim that those wearing hawai chappals (rubber slippers) can travel on a hawai jahaaz (airplane) sound like a cruel joke...
Does the government have any concrete intervention planned to check these airfares?He also alleged that the profits earned by private airport operators, especially Adani with its mega investment in airports, is coming out of the pockets of the common man...
Reinforcing his point on airport operators earning huge profits, he said, In March 2023 itself, airlines had written to the AERA claiming that Adani-owned airports are proposing exorbitant tariffs, especially through high landing and parking charges at Lucknow, Ahmedabad and Mangalore airports..
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