New Delhi: The strike by Air India pilots today figured prominently in Parliament with members demanding an early resolution of the crisis saying it was destroying the national carrier and sending wrong signals to international community.
Raising the issue in the Lok Sabha, Gurudas Dasgupta (CPI) demanded that the government should take concrete steps to revive the national carrier and stop patronising private players.
In the Rajya Sabha Ram Chandra Khuntia (Cong) said even after a big financial package was given to Air India, salaries of pilots and other staff were not paid and passengers were facing serious problems.
"Step by step, Air India is being destroyed. I urge the government to call the pilots and deal with their demands... Air India is sought to be destroyed. Salaries have not been paid for months," Dasgupta said during Zero Hour.
Dasgupta said the government first merged Air India and Indian Airlines and is now going to split the two. "This is a wonderful change of policy by the government," he said sarcastically.
09/05/12 Press Trust of India/Business Standard
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