New Delhi: Opposing a government move to hand over key airports in the country to private operators, a CPI-M member today demanded in the Rajya Sabha that public assets should not be handed over to private hands in the name of difficult economic conditions.
Raising the issue during Zero Hour, Tapan Kumar Sen (CPI-M) said the move is "anti-national" as it involves the key issue of security at airports that cannot be compromised.
Instead of handing over airports to private hands under Public Private Partnership mode, he sought strengthening of public-sector Airport Authority of India (AAI) to help further develop domestic airports. "It is better to give sufficient autonomy to AAI," he said.
He also alleged that only those airports which were already developed were being handed over to private players without making any investments.
05/09/13 PTI/Business Standard
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Raising the issue during Zero Hour, Tapan Kumar Sen (CPI-M) said the move is "anti-national" as it involves the key issue of security at airports that cannot be compromised.
Instead of handing over airports to private hands under Public Private Partnership mode, he sought strengthening of public-sector Airport Authority of India (AAI) to help further develop domestic airports. "It is better to give sufficient autonomy to AAI," he said.
He also alleged that only those airports which were already developed were being handed over to private players without making any investments.
05/09/13 PTI/Business Standard
