THE NDA government has decided to privatise five airports at Lucknow, Jaipur, Thiruvananthapuram, Mangalore and Ahmadabad and decided to hand over these airports to Adani Group. Raising the issue in Rajya Sabha during Zero Hour on June 24, CPI(M) MP K K Ragesh said that LDF government in Kerala is willing to take over the Thiruvananthapuram airport.

 “It is regrettable that the state government is being considered on the same footing as the Adani Group,” in the auction, he said. The land was given by the state government when the airport was established and, therefore, the state government shall have the first say in its operation. He said that Kerala chief minister at the recent NITI Aayog meeting told the prime minister about this and sought his immediate intervention. “National wealth is being privatised,” he said. “Thiruvananthapuram is a profit-making airport. Why is this airport being given to the Adani Group,” he asked.