Telugu Desam Party (TDP) MP Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu took charge as Minister of Civil Aviation in New Delhi on Thursday.
Speaking to news agency ANI, he stated that he would be willing to sit with stakeholders to review surging plane ticket prices to make air travel more affordable for ordinary citizens of the country.
“My whole intention is to make air travel reach to the common man. To make this a reality, prices have to be affordable. Whenever we sit down, my priority would be to bring down the prices,” he said.
He further said that he has a lot of goals besides taking old initiatives forward. “In 2014, Ashoka Gajapathi Raju was in charge of the same department. He laid foundation for many things. Bhogapuram Airport will be completed in record time. There is a demand to increase connectivity to Vijayawada and Tirupati airports. Let’s make AP the best model for civil aviation.”
Pemmasani Chandrasekhar takes charge:
Meanwhile, Pemmasani Chandrasekhar, another TDP MP inducted into the Modi Cabinet, also took charge as Minister of State for Rural Development and Communications on Thursday.
The NDA alliance in Andhra Pradesh won 164 Assembly seats and 21 Lok Sabha seats in the recently concluded elections while the NDA at Centre won 292 seats. The BJP won 240 seats, falling short of the majority mark while allied parties JDU, TDP and others helped the BJP coast over the majority.
Minister Naidu said his intention is to make air travel reach the common man and to bring down prices. Andhra Pradesh States News India: Top News India, States News, States News Headlines, Online State News India, State Politics news
