New Delhi: Opposition events on Friday expressed concern over the cancellation of IndiGo flights at Rajya Sabha’s essential airport, with Congress chief Pramod Tiwari questioning the airline’s “monopoly”.
Earlier within the day, opposition chief Rahul Gandhi had blamed the federal government for the “Indigo debacle”.
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Mr. Tiwari urged the federal government to tell the Home in regards to the measures being taken by the Heart and in addition spotlight the influence of the cancellation on MPs and most people. He famous that the difficulty is related to the Home and members of Congress, as many members return to their districts on weekends when Congress is in recess.
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju, in his reply within the Home, stated the difficulty was being thought of by Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu.
“Earlier than coming to the Home, I spoke to the Minister of Civil Aviation and identified the necessity to inform not solely the Home but additionally the folks,” Rijiju informed the Home.
Whereas elevating the difficulty, Tiwari stated over 500 IndiGo flights have been canceled up to now on Friday.
“At this time is Friday and plenty of MPs will wish to return to their constituencies. Due to this fact, this situation that I’m elevating issues not solely MPs but additionally the Home. Ek Flight Ko Puri Tara Se Unique Karne Ki. Waja se ye samasha uthi hai. My request is that the minister who made the foundations underneath which this situation has arisen can inform the Home in regards to the scenario and the way lengthy will this situation be resolved,” Tiwari stated. he added.
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi additionally filed a discover underneath Rule 180 of Rajya Sabha, asking the civil aviation minister to situation a press release on the operational disruption of IndiGo airways, which has led to flight cancellations and precipitated inconvenience to passengers throughout the nation.
Chaturvedi cited passenger security and comfort in his discover, calling it “a matter of pressing public significance.”
“Wednesday noticed widespread disruption to IndiGo Airways’ operations, with extreme crew shortages and different operational points leading to vital delays of as much as seven hours and cancellations of over 70 flights throughout the nation, together with at main airports reminiscent of Mumbai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad. The scenario has precipitated vital hardship to passengers, with main home routes such because the Mumbai-Maldives flight and worldwide companies severely affected throughout peak hours,” Chaturvedi stated.
So the airways managed to arm-twist the DGCA into submitting and withdrawing the weekly relaxation directive.
What a pathetically incompetent and shameful withdrawal by the DGCA towards an airline that has held hostage not solely its passengers but additionally the federal government. pic.twitter.com/txRg95sT78— Priyanka Chaturvedi🇮🇳 (@priyankac19) December 5, 2025
The Rajya Sabha MP stated the dimensions of the accident raises critical issues concerning preparedness, regulatory oversight, passenger security and comfort.
“With hundreds of passengers stranded, the conventional functioning of airports affected, and repeated large-scale disruptions to flights, this situation is of pressing public significance and highlights the necessity for instant authorities intervention, accountability measures and security measures to forestall future incidents. I urge the Minister to situation an early assertion on this situation,” she added.
1000’s of passengers had been stranded at airports throughout India as IndiGo continued to cancel flights for the fourth day in a row.
IndiGo blamed the disruption on schedule modifications, technical points and employees shortages brought on by revised crew roster rules.
(Edited by Sampurna Panigrahi)
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