Scrapping of Amethi food park: Rahul raises issue in LS

May 7, 2015

New Delhi, May 7: Rahul Gandhi today attacked the Narendra Modi government in Lok Sabha over the reported scrapping of a mega food park project in his constituency of Amethi, accusing the Prime Minister of practicing politics of revenge and not "politics of change" which he had promised.

As the Congress Vice-President fired yet another salvo at the government over the issue of farmers, Home Minister Rajnath Singh assured him that he would look into the matter and inform Gandhi, insisting that the Centre believed in taking all parties along for the country's development.

Raising the issue in the Zero Hour, Gandhi said he had "liked" Modi's promise in Amethi during the poll campaign that he did not believe in the politics of revenge and was there to practice politics of change.

"Politicians offer promises to people and the one made by the Prime Minister is the biggest... What he is doing is politics of revenge," he said, adding that the Centre had scrapped the project in his family pocket-borough which would have benefited farmers in 10 districts. Congress members protested with cries of 'shame, shame'.

BJP members often interrupted Rahul as he highlighted how he worked to have the food park project allotted to Amethi after farmers' raised the issue with him.

At one point, Gandhi retorted to the continuous disruptions by the ruling party members, "I am not talking about suit but potato. You should not be scared." He was referring to his 'suit-boot ki sarkar' jibe at the Modi government at an earlier occasion in the House.

Talking of the farmers' concern, he said, "They asked me what is this magic that they sell potato for Rs 2 per KG but a packet of chips having not more than one potato's content sells for Rs 10. They said if they could sell potatoes directly to factories, then they would benefit more. The project happened slowly," the Congress leader said.

Taking Gandhi on, the Minister said he was born to a family of farmers and the Congress leader's knowledge was "limited" as one potato's content cost up to Rs 70 in a chips packet.

Singh said as far as he knew, it was the company behind the mega food park which pulled out.

"I will have the matter looked into and personally inform you," the Home Minister said. Amid the sparring between treasury benches and the opposition, Singh was heard asking his party members to keep quiet and let him speak.

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IndiGo offers full waiver on cancellations, reschedule requests for bookings between Dec 5 and 15

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December 6,2025

With IndiGo flight disruptions impacting thousands of passengers, the airline on Saturday said that it will offer full waiver on all cancellations/reschedule requests for travel bookings between December 5, 2025 and December 15, 2025.

Earlier in the day, the civil aviation ministry had directed the airline to complete the ticket refund process for the cancelled flights by Sunday evening, as well as ensure baggage separated from the travellers are delivered in the next two days.

In a post on X, titled 'No questions asked', IndiGo wrote, "In response to recent events, all refunds for your cancellations will be processed automatically to your original mode of payment."

"We are deeply sorry for the hardships caused," it further added.

Several passengers, however, complained of not getting full refund as promised by the airline.

Netizens have shared screenchots of getting charged for airline cancellation fee and convenience fee.

"Please tell me why u have did this airline cancellation charges when u say full amount will be refunded (sic)," a user wrote sharing a screenshot of the refund page.

"Well, but you have still debited the convenience charges," wrote another.

Passengers have also raised concerns about the "cancel" option being disabled on the IndiGo app. "First enable the 'Cancel' button on your App & offer full refund on tickets cancelled by customers between the said dates," wrote a user.

A day after the country's largest airline, IndiGo, cancelled more than 1,000 flights and caused disruptions for the fifth day on Saturday, the ministry said that any delay or non-compliance in refund processing will invite immediate regulatory action.

The refund process for all cancelled or disrupted flights must be completed by 8 pm on Sunday, the ministry said in a statement.

"Airlines have also been instructed not to levy any rescheduling charges for passengers whose travel plans were affected by cancellations," it said.

On Saturday, more than 400 flights were cancelled at various airports.

IndiGo has also been instructed to set up dedicated passenger support and refund facilitation cells.

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