New Delhi: Against the backdrop of objections by some MPs, civil aviation minister Ajit Singh on Tuesday strongly defended the Rs 2,058 crore Jet-Etihad deal, saying those opposing it were "long on politics and short on facts".
"It is such an important deal..., the first big deal in civil aviation ministry. In terms of FDI, it is bigger than any other deal this year. There are so many dimensions to it. Those opposing the deal are long on politics and short on facts," Singh told reporters here.
The objections to the deal were first raised by a Parliamentary Standing Committee headed by CPM MP Sitaram Yechury, which was followed up by senior MPs, Jaswant Singh and Dinesh Trivedi, and Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy, who shot off letters to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
02/07/13 PTI/TImes of India
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"It is such an important deal..., the first big deal in civil aviation ministry. In terms of FDI, it is bigger than any other deal this year. There are so many dimensions to it. Those opposing the deal are long on politics and short on facts," Singh told reporters here.
The objections to the deal were first raised by a Parliamentary Standing Committee headed by CPM MP Sitaram Yechury, which was followed up by senior MPs, Jaswant Singh and Dinesh Trivedi, and Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy, who shot off letters to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
02/07/13 PTI/TImes of India
