The Kerala High Court on Tuesday The Kerala High Court on Tuesday declined to stay the further proceedings in leasing out Thiruvananthapuram international airport to Adani Enterprises
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that since the state govt had agreed to match Adani's bid, Centre's decision to privatise the airport cannot be justified
The congress MP had faced flak not only from the Left parties but even from his own party for his stand favouring privatisation of the Trivandrum airport
Aviation Minister also questions the state government's stance or opposition to privatisation
Protesting against the Centre's decision to lease out the airport to Adani Enterprises, the CPI(M) in Kerala said it would send 200,000 emails to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, opposing the move
State says offer to match Adani's bid was rejected
Before the bidding process, the Centre and the Kerala government had agreed that if the KSIDC's bid comes within the 10 per cent range of the winning bid, it would be awarded the airport
The central government has approved the proposal for leasing out airports at Jaipur, Guwahati and Thiruvananthapuram through public-private partnership
The flights will be operated to Bengaluru, Delhi, Kochi, Mumbai and Thiruvananthapuram, the airline said in a statement
A bench heard the submissions on behalf of Kerala government and other parties for some time, and then decided to send the dispute for adjudication to the high court
The government has constituted a committee to decide on the technical-cum-financial consultant for the newly formed consortium Thiruvananthapuram International Airport
The Union Cabinet has recently approved a proposal to manage Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Lucknow, Guwahati, Mangaluru besides Thiruvananthapuram airports under PPP mode