The IndiGo airline crisis continued into its fifth day on Saturday, with the government stepping in with fresh measures to help normalise the situation. However, one factor that is now being highlighted again and again is the alleged monopoly or duopoly in the Indian skies.

Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of Opposition and former Congress president, appears to have triggered the debate on Friday by posting on X that the IndiGo crisis was a creation of the Narendra Modi government’s alleged monopoly-driven economic model. He alleged that ordinary Indians were paying the price for the monopolistic practices of the government.

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“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. Ind

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