A massive disruption in IndiGo Airlines’ operations, which led to the cancellation of thousands of flights nationwide over the past several days, has been the big debate in the media and surprisingly, it also snowballed into a political controversy involving Telugu Desam Party general secretary and Andhra Pradesh IT minister Nara Lokesh.

The other day, Republic TV aired a high-voltage debate on the ongoing IndiGo crisis, moderated by the channel’s editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami.

Representing the TDP in the discussion was former MLC and current chairman of the Andhra Pradesh Employment Generation and Enterprise Development Society, Deepak Reddy.

During the debate, Arnab Goswami launched a sharp attack on the Central government, accusing it of compromising passenger safety and “succumbing

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