The Prime Minister’s Office on July 2 said that the Jet Airways-Etihad deal was still under examination. Amid controversy over deal, the PMO clarified that the issues raised over the issue have been referred to various ministries concerned. It also asserted there were no differences within the government over the air services agreement between India and Abu Dhabi.
The PMO’s clarification came amid objections to the deal, first raised by a Parliamentary Standing Committee headed by CPI(M) MP Sitaram Yechury, and then by senior MPs, Jaswant Singh and Dinesh Trivedi, and Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy, who shot off letters to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Referring to the bilateral agreement, it said that there is absolutely no disagreement within the government or between the Ministers and the Prime Minister on the matter.
The Prime Minister is neither washing his hands off the Bilateral Air Services Agreement nor is the Prime Minister’s Office trying to do a U-turn on the issue now, the PMO said.
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