The ruling BJP in Assam has latched onto the support of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor for the Centre’s move to hand over operations of the Thirvananthapuram international airport in Kerala to a private player to attack the Opposition party.
The Ahmedabad-based Adani group had last year won the rights to operate the airports at Thiruvananthapuram, Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Jaipur, Guwahati and Mangalore, which are now run by the Airports Authority of India (AAI). The Union cabinet on August 19 approved the proposal to lease out the airports at Jaipur, Guwahati and Thiruvananthapuram to Adani Enterprises under the public-private partnership model for 50 years, a move which has been opposed by the Congress.
