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Kerala bid was 20% below Adani's for Thiruvananthapuram airport: Puri

Aviation Minister also questions the state government's stance or opposition to privatisation

Thiruvananthapuram airport, flights, kerala, aviation
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"There is no stay in the case either by the Supreme Court or the Kerala High Court," said the Minister.

T E NarasimhanPTI Chennai
Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep S Puri on Friday hit back at the Kerala governm­ent for objecting to the Centre’s decision to privatise Thiruva­nan­thapuram airport. He said Kerala’s bid was 20 per cent lower than Adani Enterprises, which won the bid for three airports including Thiruva­nanth­apuram airport.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had on Thursday written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressing his objection to the Centre’s “unilateral” decision on the issue. The state government has said that its proposal to match the offer made by the highest bidder — the Adani group — for the Thir­u­vananthapuram airport was

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