Can Star Air’s Ghodawat succeed where Mallya and Wadia failed?
- Tarun Shukla
- THE ECONOMIC TIMES Sep 26, 2025, 11:44 IST IST
India is not alien to benefactions by the powerful — even if it means using taxpayers’ money.
Praful Patel, when he was the civil aviation minister, nudged state-run Airports Authority of India (AAI) to build a flying school in his native town of Gondia, Maharashtra. His successor, Ajit Singh, had the AAI construct akharas, or wrestling centres, in his constituency Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh.
Praful Patel, when he was the civil aviation minister, nudged state-run Airports Authority of India (AAI) to build a flying school in his native town of Gondia, Maharashtra. His successor, Ajit Singh, had the AAI construct akharas, or wrestling centres, in his constituency Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh.
