The fight between passengers and airlines over flight disruptions gripped the political circles on January 17, as a war of words broke out between BJP minister Jyotiradtya Scindia and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor.
In a series of posts on X, the Congress leader targetted the central government over the chaos at the Delhi airport, calling it a "Modi-made disaster".
"Delhi Airport has been in chaos recently. The young professional wanting to go home for Makar Sankranti. The Army officer excited to visit his ancestral village for Lohri. The anxious son trying to get home to take care of an unwell parent. Thousands of peoples’ lives and schedules have been disrupted by a regular, predictable, foggy winter day. It’s a ModiGovt-made disaster, a result of the Ministry of Civil Aviation’s neglect and incompetence (sic)," he said
The aviation minister then launched a quick salvo calling the Tharoor "an arm-chair critic" who is "lost in his esoteric world of thesaurus".
"It is for someone who is lost in his esoteric world of thesaurus that data mining of selective press articles from the internet qualifies as 'research'," he said.
"Here are some actual facts for arm-chair critic ShashiTharoor and the Cong IT Cell that might help tackle their lack of depth in understanding of technical sectors like civil aviation," he added.
In the past one week, the airport at the national capital has been hit by rampant flight delays and cancellations owing to the fog conditions prevailing over northern India. Several passengers and film celebrities shared their ordeals on social media X on how they were mistreated by the airline staff.
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