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Escalating its onslaught connected the Centre implicit the situation created by wide cancellations of IndiGo flights, the Congress connected Saturday accused the Modi authorities of being lenient towards IndiGo since its genitor company, InterGlobe, purchased electoral bonds.
The Opposition enactment claimed that the ongoing IndiGo chaos was not an mishap but the nonstop result of the BJP government’s “relentless propulsion to manufacture a duopoly successful the sector”.
“Duopoly prevails successful galore sectors of the Indian economy; the hose manufacture is one. Liberalisation and unfastened system are based connected competition,” erstwhile Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said successful a X post, adding, “People indispensable ponder implicit HOW a vibrant and competitory hose manufacture successful India was reduced to a two-player business, and WHY”.
Addressing a property league connected the issue, Congress’ Lok Sabha subordinate Sasikanth Senthil said the notification for caller formation work clip regulation (FDTL) was issued successful January 2024, and partially implemented since July 2025, yet the authorities allowed IndiGo to make chaos and inconvenience the passengers [citing implementation of the caller remainder norms for pilots].
He asked if Union Civil Aviation Minister K. Rammohan Naidu would instrumentality work for the “unprecedented crisis”. “Why did the DGCA [Directorate General of Civil Aviation] neglect to guarantee IndiGo complied with the FDTL rules released successful January 2024 and partially implemented from July 2025 and afloat connected November 1? Did the authorities ever contented warnings oregon compliance notices to IndiGo, oregon was the hose protected from enforcement altogether?” helium asked.
‘Extraordinary lenience’
Mr. Senthil said the revelations surrounding electoral bonds “add yet different furniture to this troubling picture”. “...the information shows that InterGlobe radical entities bought astir ₹36 crore successful electoral bonds, portion its promoter Rahul Bhatia purchased bonds worthy astir ₹20 crore, overmuch of them encashed by the BJP”.
“Given these electoral bonds disclosures, that we saw monolithic purchases by InterGlobe radical entities and its promoters… is the BJP’s fiscal proximity to IndiGo the existent crushed down this bonzer lenience shown astatine the outgo of rider safety? We person been ever saying – this electoral enslaved is simply a very, very, precise unsafe thing. It volition let corporates to tally the amusement and this is 1 example,” helium said.
The Congress MP from Tamil Nadu said the situation is not a earthy breakdown but “a predictable fallout of the BJP authorities that has been hell-bent connected crushing competition, rewarding favourites, and reshaping an full nationalist manufacture to suit a tiny ellipse of firm allies”.
“The BJP government’s obsession with creating monopolies is disposable crossed India’s infrastructure landscape. Why does lone 1 firm radical repeatedly person specified large, strategically important assets? For example, the handover of aggregate airports, including those erstwhile managed by others, to [Narendra] Modi ji’s beloved person Adani Group,” helium said.
The Tiruvallur MP besides accused the Centre and the hose being apathetic towards the plight of the passengers. "There is full apathy by the authorities and the airline. Will Aviation Minister Rammohan Naidu instrumentality work for this unprecedented situation oregon volition helium fell down generic statements," Mr. Senthil asked, demanding a White Paper connected the Centre’s enactment to marque IndiGo compliant with the caller rules.
