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CPI-M’s A A Rahim blames government privatisation and deregulation for the IndiGo crisis.

IndiGo and Air India now control over 90% of India’s aviation market, raising safety and fare concerns.

Rahim warns against diluting FDTL rules and calls for stronger regulation of private airlines.

CPI-M MP A A Rahim on Wednesday linked the ongoing IndiGo crisis to what he described as years of unchecked privatisation and weak regulation in India’s aviation sector, warning in the Rajya Sabha that the government must not relax safety or duty-time rules to shield a dominant private carrier.

According to PTI, Rahim raised the issue during Zero Hour and said the disruption was not an isolated IndiGo problem but the outcome of “neo-liberal economic policies, privatisation an

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