India, Dec. 9 -- Maharashtra's former chief minister Prithviraj Chavan on Monday came down heavily on the Narendra Modi Government for enabling "unprecedented monopoly" in the aviation sector - an unhealthy development that may prove to be "dangerous" for the country in the long run.
Chavan - who was a Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) in the Manmohan Singh Government - said that the growing dominance of a single airline like IndiGo posed a "serious threat" to the national economy and adversely affected passenger interests.
Talking to media persons here, Chavan alluded to the Indigo crisis that has resulted in widespread flight disruptions and severe passenger distress and rooted for splitting the 20-year-old private ...