Kerala Assembly passes resolution against leasing airport to Adani

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala Assembly on Monday passed a resolution against the leasing of the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport to Adani Enterprises. This as the Congress-led opposition accused Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan of running with the hare and hunting with the hound. The state government had on Friday approached the High Court to stay the Centre's move to lease out the international airport.

It was last week that the Centre decided to lease out the Thiruvananthapuram airport under the PPP model for 50 years to Adani Enterprises. Both the state government and the state opposition vehemently opposed the move.

Based on the initial reactions, Vijayan called an all-party meeting. Barring the BJP, all others opposed this and the Chief Minister wrote two letters to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to hand the airport to the state government-backed company that had bid for it, but lost out to Adani Enterprises.

On Monday in the Assembly, Vijayan moved a resolution to this effect. Leader of Opposition Ramesh Chennithala, in his speech targeted the state government for what he alleged was a dubious deal between his government and Mumbai-based law firm Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, who were the legal consultants of the Kerala government company KSIDC, which bid for the Thiruvananthapuram airport.

One of the partners of this firm is the father-in-law of Gautum Adani's son Karan Adani. (IANS)

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