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Mainstream, Vol 63 No 49 December 6, 2025

IndiGo Crisis Exposes Dangers of Monopoly Formation and Regulatory Failure: CPI

Saturday 6 December 2025

Communist Party of India
Central Office
New Delhi

December 5, 2025

The National Secretariat of the Communist Party of India issued today December 5, 2025) the following statement:

For years, we have cautioned the Union Civil Aviation Ministry and the Government of India that allowing near-monopoly control in the civil aviation sector would ultimately compromise passenger safety, burden pilots and crew, and strengthen private airlines at the cost of public interest. The current collapse of operations at IndiGo proves those concerns. Despite being fully aware of the DGCA