New Delhi: Opposition MPs on Monday walked out of a meeting of the standing committee on transport, tourism and culture on the adoption of a report on Air India following angry exchanges over a last-minute change in agenda in the absence of chairman Derek O’Brien.
Congress MPs Kumari Selja and K C Venugopal, Trinamool Congress MP Arpita Ghosh and Rajya Sabha MP Ritabrata Banerjee, who has been expelled by the CPM, walked out of the meeting when they were told that the Air India report would not be considered, as listed in agenda, and there would be a discussion on a Buddhist tourism circuit instead.
The contentious report reportedly recommends that disinvestment of the national carrier should not be done immediately, but considered after looking at the results of the 10-year turnaround plan ending in 2022. The draft report, according to sources, talks about need for the government to look at options other than disinvestment at a time AI has started showing operational profit.
As BJP MP Rakesh Singh officiated as acting chair of the meeting, his party colleagues voiced disgruntlement over the report having been leaked before it had been formally adopted and said they had written to the chairman against its adoption. According to sources, 12 BJP MPs have written to the chairman.
16/01/18 Abantika Ghosh/Indian Express
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Congress MPs Kumari Selja and K C Venugopal, Trinamool Congress MP Arpita Ghosh and Rajya Sabha MP Ritabrata Banerjee, who has been expelled by the CPM, walked out of the meeting when they were told that the Air India report would not be considered, as listed in agenda, and there would be a discussion on a Buddhist tourism circuit instead.
The contentious report reportedly recommends that disinvestment of the national carrier should not be done immediately, but considered after looking at the results of the 10-year turnaround plan ending in 2022. The draft report, according to sources, talks about need for the government to look at options other than disinvestment at a time AI has started showing operational profit.
As BJP MP Rakesh Singh officiated as acting chair of the meeting, his party colleagues voiced disgruntlement over the report having been leaked before it had been formally adopted and said they had written to the chairman against its adoption. According to sources, 12 BJP MPs have written to the chairman.
16/01/18 Abantika Ghosh/Indian Express
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