Citing the huge losses faced by the airlines due to the impact of Coronavirus on the aviation sector, Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia in Lok Sabha on Thursday said that even in that scenario airlines have operated on a sustainable model.
Replying to a question in Rajya Sabha during the Question Hour on the very first day of the winter session of Parliament, Scindia said his ministry takes immediate action, including imposing penalty, as and when any airline or airport is found guilty.
Meanwhile, there is buzz about five-time MP and Union Minister Prahlad Patel considered close to both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah and who contested from Narsinghpur to be a strong contender for the Chief Minister's post owing to his organisational skills.
Scindia, a former Congress leader who switched over the party to come with the BJP in 2020, also took a swipe at the grand old party and said that his party did the work 'quietly' while the Congress was busy preparing Ladoos and congratulatory posters.
Ahead of the counting of votes in Madhya Pradesh, Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia expressed confidence that the BJP would return to power in the state and people will bless the saffron party.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath unveiled the poster for the first day's programmes of the 42nd Ramayana Mela to be held in Ayodhya. The launch of the first poster took place at the Saryu Guest House on Saturday.
Talking to reporters in the state capital Bhopal on Saturday, Singh responding to a question of horse trading ahead of counting of votes said, "We are fully prepared. Now we have no Scindia left, hence there is no traitor."
"We all know that the airstrip in Ayodhya was very small. We had only 178 acres of land here. We could not have a big international airport in such a small strip. Under Prime Minister Modi's direction, the proposal that was sent to the central government was approved. After being provided
Union Minister and BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia asserted confidence in the party forming government in Madhya Pradesh with a full majority ahead of the counting on December 3.
Nadda was welcomed by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, state Home Minister Narottam Mishra, Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia and others at Gwalior airport on the occasion.
Reacting to Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia calling Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi a "part-time leader", former Madhya Pradesh CM and state Congress president Kamal Nath said that what Scindia used to say for Shivraj Singh and the Prime Minister when he was in Congress is not "erased."