BJP condemns Air India's move to suspend flights

BJP today condemned Air India's move to suspend operations, saying the step during the
festival season was akin to "daylight attempted murder" of the national carrier.

"The decision to suspend Air India operations in the festive season on flimsy grounds is atrocious. This is daylight attempted murder of the national carrier," BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar said.

BJP MP maintained that the precarious financial health of Air India was a result of the decisions of the government and mishandling of the Airline by the Civil Aviation Ministry.

"The government wants to punish 32,000 employees to cover up its misdeeds," he said.

Condemning the government action Javadekar further said, "We demand that operations should be resumed immediately by withdrawing anti-labour policies."