Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday criticised IndiGo's ongoing operational crisis, calling it a consequence of the government’s “monopoly model” and asserting that India deserves fair competition in every sector, rather than “match-fixing monopolies.”

The remarks came after IndiGo cancelled over 550 flights on Thursday and around 400 on Friday, severely disrupting the travel plans of hundreds of passengers. Gandhi said ordinary Indians bear the brunt of the delays, cancellations, and helplessness caused by such mismanagement.

“IndiGo fiasco is the cost of this Govt's monopoly model. Once again, it's ordinary Indians who pay the price – in delays, cancellations and helplessness,” the Leader of Opposition wrote in a post on X. He added, “India deserves fair competition in every sector,

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