Maran briefs Karat on Chennai airport facelift

New Delhi: IT and telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran met CPM general secretary Prakash Karat on Tuesday to explain why the DMK government in Tamil Nadu was keen that a private company undertake modernisation of Chennai airport.
Considering that Left and DMK made common cause against the disinvestment of Neyveli Lignite, the latter's stand against modernisation by the Airports Authority of India, a PSU, is not likely to cut much ice with the CPM leadership.
It is believed Maran told Karat that like airports of two metros Delhi and Mumbai modernisation of Chennai airport should be given to a private company while non-metro airports could be modernised by the AAI. Karat is believed to have reiterated the Left's stand that apart from Delhi and Mumbai, it wants modernisation in all other airports to be done solely by the AAI.
18/10/06 Akshaya Mukul/Times of India

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