The Shiv Sena on Monday urged the Central government to take over the temporarily grounded private carrier Jet Airways and save its staff from losing their jobs.
It asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take a cue from the foresight shown by former PMs Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi in nationalising insurance companies and airlines.
The Sena, in an editorial in party mouthpiece Saamana , said the curse of those rendered jobless by the shutdown would be more powerful than that of a sadhvi . It was apparently referring to remarks made by BJP leader Pragya Singh Thakur, an accused in the Malegaon blast case, who recently claimed that senior police officer Hemant Karkare died during the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks as she “cursed” him for allegedly torturing her.
