Samajwadi Party (SP) MP Ram Gopal Yadav on Wednesday claimed that the entire IndiGo fiasco, leading to delays and cancellations, happened because of an order of the Civil Aviation Ministry.

He was referring to the new flight duty time limitation (FDTL) regulations issued by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).

“People need to think about why this whole thing happened. It happened after an order of the Ministry of Civil Aviation. The airline’s flight schedule has been cut by 10 per cent. Now, who will get this 10 per cent? Tata will get it. Tata ko Adani lene jaa rahe hai. Everybody knows it,” Yadav told ANI.

The DGCA on Tuesday directed IndiGo to reduce its flight operations by 5 per cent across sectors, citing the airline’s failure to operate its winter schedule efficientl

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