First meeting of Coordination Committee on June 14: Dr G Parameshwar
Bengaluru, June 10: KPCC president and Deputy Chief Minister Dr G Parameshwar said that the first meeting of the Coordination Committee of the Congress-JDS coalition government would be held under the leadership of Committee chairman and former chief minister Siddaramaiah in the city on June 14.
Speaking to reporters after holding a meeting of the Lok Sabha Members at the KPCC office here on Sunday, Dr Parameshwar said that the priority of the coalition government would be discussed in the first meeting. In the MPs meeting, he has not discussed seat sharing with the JDS for the forthcoming Lok Sabha election. In coming days, both Congress and JDS leaders would discuss the issue, he said.
Remaining six seats in the cabinet would be filled soon. Priority would be given to those who missed the minister posts while appointing the chairman to boards and corporations, he added.
MPs should not be neglected
During the meeting, the Lok Sabha Members, reportedly, expressed their displeasure on cornering them while selecting the candidates for the ministers posts, distribution of portfolios and pacifying the dissidents in the coalition government. Even their opinions are not being considered. Their opinion should be considered while appointing chairmen to boards and corporations and KPCC president, they demanded.
Responding to their demand, Parameshwar said that he would bring this to the notice of the party high command.
Kharge absent
Congress leader in the Lok Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, Tumakuru MP SP Muddahanumegowda, Raichur MP BV Naik and Chitradurga MP BN Chandrappa were absent from the meeting. Lok Sabha Members DK Suresh, Prakash Hukkeri, Dr M Veerappa Moily, KH Muniyappa, Rajya Sabha Members Prof Rajiv Gowda, Dr L Hanumanthaiah, BK Hariprasad, KC Ramamurthy, Dr Syed Nasir Hussain, and Chandrashekar were present at the meeting.
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IndiGo offers travel vouchers worth Rs 10,000 to passengers severely impacted during Dec 3-5
New Delhi (PTI): IndiGo, which has been facing significant operational disruptions, on Thursday announced that it will offer travel vouchers worth Rs 10,000 to each passenger whose flights were cancelled or delayed for long during December 3-5.
The compensation would be in addition to the amount that needs to be provided to passengers for flight cancellations under DGCA norms.
In a statement, IndiGo said it regrettably acknowledges that part of its customers travelling on December 3, 4 and 5 were stranded for many hours at certain airports, and a number of them were severely impacted by congestion.
"We will offer travel vouchers worth Rs 10,000 to such severely impacted customers. These travel vouchers can be used for any future IndiGo journey for the next 12 months," it said.
The country's largest airline is also facing regulatory heat, and authorities have directed it to reduce winter schedule flights by 10 per cent to stabilise its operations. The carrier was operating around 2,300 flights a day till the disruptions began on December 2.
"This compensation is in addition to the commitment under the existing government guidelines, as per which, IndiGo will provide compensation of Rs 5,000 to Rs 10,000 depending on the block time of the flight, to those customers whose flights were cancelled within 24 hours of departure time," the statement said.
