New Delhi: The Trinamul Congress virtually spurned an effort by civil aviation minister Ajit Singh to get the party on board to support a government proposal to allow foreign direct investment (FDI) by airlines to revive the ailing domestic aviation sector. Ajit today met Trinamul leader in the Lok Sabha Sudip Bandopadhyay in Parliament and sought his party’s backing. But sources said Ajit was met with a curt reply.
Sudip told the civil aviation minister to “accelerate and complete the modernisation work of Calcutta airport first and then we will decide on supporting FDI”, the source said. Ajit is hoping to meet chief minister Mamata Banerjee on May 5 when she will be in the capital to take part in the chief ministers’ meeting on the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC).
On his part, Ajit is learnt to have assured Sudip that the modernisation of Calcutta airport would be completed soon and he would inaugurate it. The Trinamul leader urged the minister to ensure the work is completed before Durga Puja.
26/04/12 JP Yadav/News Bullet.in
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