Manmohan talks tough against airport chaos
Afp, New Delhi
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday vowed to press ahead with plans to privatise two Indian airports despite a strike that has caused chaos at airports for three consecutive days, a Marxist leader said. Singh's tough message was delivered in talks Friday with his leftwing allies, who oppose the privatisation of the airports in New Delhi and Mumbai and who support the strike by the 22,000-member Airports Authority of India (AAI) workers' union. "The government said it would not reverse the privatisation process but that it can discuss other issues like the absorption of all airport employees," said Marxist leader Jyoti Basu, briefing reporters after the meeting.
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