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Amethi is family, party workers upbeat: Amethi Cong unit on Rahul’s Kerala move

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New Delhi | Amethi is family for Rahul Gandhi, the Congress unit in the Uttar Pradesh district on Sunday said after it was announced that the party president will contest the Lok Sabha polls from Kerala’s Wayanad also.

Gandhi has been thrice elected the member of parliament from Amethi, considered the Congress bastion in 2004, 2009 and 2014.

“He has decided to fight from Wayanad in Kerala in keeping with the demand and emotions of the party workers. Amethi is family and a family is forever,” Congress’s Amethi unit president Yogendra Mishra told PTI over the phone.

Asked about the reduced vote margin in 2014 when the BJP had fielded Smriti Irani from the seat, Mishra said last time it was a “parade of lies” across the country and exuded confidence that this time Gandhi will win by a margin of over five lakh votes.

“This time he is going to win by over five lakh votes. Last time (in 2014 Lok Sabha election), it was a different atmosphere in the country. ‘Jhooth ki parade chal rahi thi us baar ‘(There was a parade of lies in 2014) across the country which is why the victory margin had reduced,” he claimed.

Mishra said the decision of Gandhi to contest from Wayanad has no adverse impact in Amethi and party workers are upbeat about his poll prospects.

“Our morale is high and we are going across every nook and corner. Rahul ji will be coming here to file his nomination soon address party workers,” he said.

In Amethi, Gandhi had secured 4.64 lakh out of 6.46 lakh votes in the 2009 Lok Sabha election, while in 2014 he won 4.08 lakh out of 8.74 lakh votes. BJP’s Irani had finished second with a little over three lakh votes in 2014.

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Government can’t interfere in day-to-day ops of airlines: Suresh Prabhu

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New Delhi | Efficient operations and financial performance are individual responsibilities of carriers, and the government cannot interfere in their day-to-day operations, Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu said amid Jet Airways crisis and turbulent times of the domestic airlines industry.

In view of intense competition, rising costs, shortage of pilots and grounding of planes hurting many domestic carriers, the minister also said the government has been constantly responding to industry conditions and cited measures taken, including the reduction in central excise duty on jet fuel to 11 per cent from 14 per cent.

Cash-strapped Jet Airways has been forced to ground planes, cancel flights and delay payments, including salaries to pilots, while Air India continues to grapple with financial woes. On March 25, the board of ailing Jet Airways cleared a debt resolution plan whereby lenders would take control of the carrier.

Against this backdrop, Prabhu said that each airline prepares its own business plan on the basis of its own market assessment and financial resources.

“Based on its business plan, the efficient operations and financial performance are the responsibilities of each individual airline and its shareholders.

“However, the government has constantly been responding to industry conditions and undertaking specific measures to facilitate and enable growth of the sector,” he told PTI.

In written replies to PTI queries, Prabhu said the airline industry is a dynamic industry which requires continuous adjustment according to global and domestic needs.

“It is our endeavour to support the industry, however, as stated we cannot interfere in day to-day operations of the airlines,” he noted.

About Air India, the minister said a revival plan has been prepared for the national carrier that focuses on various aspects, including a comprehensive financial package and transferring non-core debt and assets to a special purpose vehicle.

The revival plan also focuses on higher level of operational efficiency by strengthening management and implementing best practice business processes and robust organisational and governance reforms, he added.

Debt-laden Air India is staying afloat on taxpayers’ money and an effort for its strategic disinvestment did not take off in May 2018.

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