New Delhi: Taking a tacit dig at the employees of national carrier Air India, Aviation Minister Ajit Singh today said that everyone in the government thinks that they are 'Maharajas'.
Speaking at the 85th Annual General Meeting of Ficci in New Delhi, the minister, however, said that this attitude is changing.
"Employees of Air India used to think that they are the 'damads' (sons-in-law) of 'sarkar' (government), and whatever happens to Air India they will not be impacted, he said, adding that "our Maharaja (Air India) and all the Maharajas (referring to Union Minister of Power Jyotiraditya Scindia) in India are in the same state as far as finances are concerned".
Addressing industry concerns over high tax levied on aviation turbine fuel (ATF), Ajit Singh said the tax varies from 4 per cent to 29 per cent, and that his ministry is in talks with the Finance Ministry to rationalise the same.
15/12/12 Raj Kumar Sahu/NDTV
