A full-blown political storm erupted on Friday over 1,000 IndiGo flights were cancelled across the country, leaving passengers stranded without basic amenities and fares shooting up overnight.

The Opposition alleged that the government’s “match-fixing monopoly model” had pushed India’s largest airline into a state of collapse.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said, “India deserves fair competition, not cornered markets built for a few. The current crisis is the cost of this government’s monopoly model and a natural outcome of a system crafted to protect a handful of corporate interests.”

Party spokesperson Pawan Khera also weighed in, saying the chaos at airports was the direct consequence of the government allowing the sector to slip into a monopoly or duopoly. He said while the government

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