I won’t beg minister post: Horatti
Belagavi, June 11: MLC and JDS leader Basavaraj Horatti said that being the senior member in the Legislative Council, he missed the minister post in the JDS-Congress coalition government, the reason for which is not known.
Speaking to reporters here on Monday, Horatti said that he expected an important portfolio in the coalition government. But in the last moment, his name was dropped for unknown reason. “I have seen in the media about giving Legislative Council Chairman post to me. Teachers in the state have lot of problems. I wanted to become the Education Minister to solve such problems. Now, I don’t require an idle post like Legislative Council Chairman”, Horatti said.
It is known factor that north Karnataka was meted with injustice for many years. But he would not beg ministerial post in the government. In his 38 years political career, he does not have single black mark on him. It is left to the party leadership to give minister post or not, he said.
Those who fought in favour of getting separate religion status for Lingayat community were kept out of the cabinet. MB Patil, Shamanur Shivashankarappa, Eshwar Khandre and himself who fought in favour of the issue were deliberately denied the ministerial berths. Some swamijis have spread false propaganda against them in this issue, he said.
“It is fact that we fought against the injustice to a particular community. We have done the same thing what others do. We have not done murder or robbery. We are helpless if they treated it as a crime”, Horatti said.
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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.
