Issues of air fare increase, Panama scam and conditions of Hindu migrants from Pakistan and Bangladesh were raised in the lok Sabha on Thursday during Zero Hour.
Former Home Secretary RK Singh asked the Government to regulate air fare, which, he said are arbitrarily increased by the airlines and cause a great deal of inconvenience to the travellers. Singh said during ‘Jat’ reservation stir, the airfare from Delhi to Chandigarh went very high. “What is Government for if it cannot check it,” he asked.
Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju said the fare of air tickets was in the hands of private airlines.
Kaushlendra kumar (JD-U) raised the issue of parking of illegal funds by prominent Indians in Panama. He said names of 500 Indians who have stashed their money in Panama tax haven should be published.
Another member raised the issue of Hindu migrants from Pakistan and Bangladesh with one of them has to even leave his wife in Pakistan.
He said government should take action to rehabilitate them. Many of these migrants are doctors and without job as Indian Medical association refuses to recognize them, the MP from Gujarat said.
Congress MP Navneet Singh demanded government to declare a particular water drinking site associated with the Skih Guru Teg Bahadur at Sheeshganj Gurudwara as National Heritage . eom