New Delhi: Congress Party leader Ahmed Patel today charged the BJP-led NDA Government of by passing due process and abruptly selecting a Singapore-based operator to manage the airports at Ahmedabad and Jaipur, instead of retaining the responsibility with the Airports Authority of India (AAI).
In a letter to Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapati Raju, Patel, who is also the political secretary to party president Sonia Gandhi, said he was surprised by the government’s decision to hand over the operations and management of the above two airports to Changi Airport International vide a Memorandum of Understanding with the Singapore Cooperation Enterprise.
Questioning the government’s decision to abruptly cancel the entire process of competitive bidding for the operation, management and development of the airports at Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Chennai and Kolkata, Patel said, “India’s policy on airport infrastructure has encouraged an open, consultative and competitive model of public-private partnership which protects the interests of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) and at the same time, promotes private particpation.”
“Hence, I find it surprising that without any explicit change in policy, the government has bypassed due process and has abruptly selected an operator to manage two of India’s most important airports.”
11/12/15 ANI/Free Press Journal
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In a letter to Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapati Raju, Patel, who is also the political secretary to party president Sonia Gandhi, said he was surprised by the government’s decision to hand over the operations and management of the above two airports to Changi Airport International vide a Memorandum of Understanding with the Singapore Cooperation Enterprise.
Questioning the government’s decision to abruptly cancel the entire process of competitive bidding for the operation, management and development of the airports at Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Chennai and Kolkata, Patel said, “India’s policy on airport infrastructure has encouraged an open, consultative and competitive model of public-private partnership which protects the interests of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) and at the same time, promotes private particpation.”
“Hence, I find it surprising that without any explicit change in policy, the government has bypassed due process and has abruptly selected an operator to manage two of India’s most important airports.”
11/12/15 ANI/Free Press Journal
