prasad1
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The feudal culture which privileges power and position above the rights of ordinary people refuses to go away from the country in spite of changes in social mores and economic order and the working of the democratic system for many decades. Two recent incidents in which the country’s national carrier Air India (AI) inconvenienced its passengers and ill-treated some others demonstrated yet again that this culture still holds sway. Ministers, political leaders and senior officials are more equal than others and have the first right to the goods and services owned or dispensed by the state. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis held up a New York-bound AI flight from Mumbai for about an hour because his principal secretary, Pravin Pardeshi, who was travelling with him, forgot to carry the right passport with him. The flight was kept waiting till the passport was brought to the airport. A few days later, a Delhi-Leh flight was delayed and three passengers, including a child, were offloaded to accommodate Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju and his assistant, and Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Kumar Singh. The AI did not have any compunction in delaying the two flights and in ordering a family to get down for the sake of the VVIPs.
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/487832/ai-should-get-feudal-mindset.html
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/487832/ai-should-get-feudal-mindset.html
