New Delhi: The Opposition, Friday, raised issues over the IndiGo flight cancellations at main airports within the Rajya Sabha, with Congress chief Pramod Tiwari questioning the airline’s ‘monopoly’.

Earlier within the day, Chief of Opposition Rahul Gandhi had slammed the federal government over the ‘Indigo fiasco’.

Tiwari urged the federal government to apprise the Home of the steps being taken by the Centre whereas additionally highlighting the impression of the cancellations on parliamentarians and most people. He identified that the matter was associated to the Home and the members, as many could be going again to their constituencies over the weekend whereas the Parliament stays adjourned.

Union Minister Kiren Rijiju, whereas responding to the Home, mentioned the matter was being reviewed by Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu.

 “Earlier than coming to the Home, I spoke to the civil aviation minister and identified that not solely do we have to inform the Home however the individuals of the nation too,” Rijiju informed the Home.

Tiwari, whereas elevating the problem, mentioned over 500 flights of Indigo have been cancelled thus far Friday.

“Right this moment is Friday, and a lot of members would wish to return to their constituencies. So this query I’m elevating is linked to the Home in addition to to the members. Ek flight ko puri tarah se monopoly karne ki wajah se ye samasya uthi hai. My request is that the minister who made the principles on account of which this downside is arising, if he may make the home conscious of the scenario and until when will this downside be resolved,” Tiwari added.

Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi additionally moved a discover underneath Rule 180 in Rajya Sabha, requesting the Civil Aviation Minister to make a press release on the disruption of IndiGo airways’ operations that has led to flight cancellations and has triggered inconvenience to passengers throughout the nation.

In her discover, Chaturvedi cited passenger security and comfort, calling it a matter of “pressing public significance.”

“The widespread disruption in IndiGo Airways’ operations on Wednesday, leading to extreme delays of as much as seven hours and cancellation of greater than 70 flights nationwide, together with main airports akin to Mumbai, Bengaluru, and Hyderabad brought on by an acute scarcity of crew and different operational points. The scenario led to vital hardship for passengers, with a number of key home routes and worldwide companies such because the Mumbai-Maldives flight severely affected throughout peak hours,” Chaturvedi mentioned.

So, the airline has managed to arm-twist the DGCA into submission and withdrawing of directions concerning weekly relaxation!
What a pathetically helpless and shameful retraction by the DGCA to airways which have held not simply the passengers however the authorities hostage . pic.twitter.com/txRg95sT78

— Priyanka Chaturvedi🇮🇳 (@priyankac19) December 5, 2025

The Rajya Sabha MP mentioned the dimensions of the breakdown raises severe issues concerning preparedness, regulatory oversight, and passenger security and comfort.

“The matter is of pressing public significance as 1000’s of passengers had been stranded, regular airport functioning was affected, and recurrent large-scale disruptions in airline companies spotlight a necessity for quick authorities intervention, accountability measures, and safeguards to stop future occurrences. I request that the Minister make a press release on the matter at an early date,” she added.

1000’s of passengers had been left stranded at airports throughout India after IndiGo’s mass cancellation of flights continued for the fourth consecutive day.

Indigo has attributed the chaos to a number of issues, together with schedule modifications, technical points and a personnel shortfall introduced on by revised crew rostering laws.

(Edited by Sampurna Panigrahi)

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