"Priority will be to bring down airfares": Ram Mohan Naidu takes charge as Civil Aviation Minister
The Hindu
Telugu Desam Party leader Ram Mohan Naidu officially took charge as the Minister of Civil Aviation on Thursday.
Telugu Desam Party leader Ram Mohan Naidu officially took charge as the Minister of Civil Aviation on Thursday. Mr. Naidu received a warm welcome with bouquets and shawls from party leaders. He took charge alongside his Minister of State (MoS), Murlidhar Mohol.
BJP's Jyotiradiya Scindia was the previous aviation minister. At 36, three-time Lok Sabha MP from Andhra Pradesh's Srikakulam is the youngest minister in the Modi 3.0 cabinet.
On bringing down airfares, the Civil Aviation Minister, speaking to ANI, said, "It is an important issue. My whole intention is to make sure that air travel is accessible to the common man. To make this a reality, the prices have to be affordable. My priority would be to bring down the prices (airfares)."
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Further, Mr. Naidu Kinjarapu said that as the youngest member of the Cabinet, he has been given the responsibility and he has a lot to prove. "We want India to lead in aviation infrastructure development. Under the leadership of PM Modi, we will give civil aviation the top priority and a big push. Being the youngest member of the Cabinet, I have been given this responsibility, and I have a lot to prove here," he added.
In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Mr. Naidu defeated YSRCP's Tilak Perada by a margin of 3,27,901 votes.
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