How Air India's political baggage dug its grave

Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh has reportedly advised the state-owned carrier, Air India, to put an end to the practice of extending to its passengers the benefit of free excess baggage.
You would imagine this is unusual.
Why would a civil aviation minister worry about Air India offering its passengers free excess baggage allowance?
Isn't that a concern that is best taken care of by Air India's operational management?
But take a close look at how the country's national carrier has been run in the past few decades, you will find several such instances of the airline's micro-management by the civil aviation ministry or the minister, irrespective of who is at the helm.
27/08/12 A K Bhattacharya/Rediff.com

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