New Delhi:Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his residence Saturday and requested the exemption of Thiruvananthapuram international airport from privatisation and demanded its retainment to the state's purview.
Expressing the state's reservation on the privatisation of its airport, Vijayan said, "I told PM Modi that Trivandrum Airport should be handed to over to Kerala government and exempt it from privatisation policy of Central government,"
"Kerala has proven its credibility to run two international airports which have even appreciated by international agencies including the UN agencies," added Kerala CM while speaking to the media after meeting PM Modi.
This is for the first time that the Left leader was meeting Modi after he assumed office for the second time following the Bharatiya Janta Party's victory in the Lok Sabha polls.
"The central aviation secretary had given written assurance in 2003 that the central government would consider the state government in good faith before taking a decision in this regard, " said Vijayan.