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Did Gujarat BJP, RSS leaders hire Adani's airline to come for national executive meet?

Written by : TNM

The News Minute | April 3, 2015 | 10.15 am ISTSeveral RSS and BJP leaders from Gujarat including chief minister Anandiben Patel arrived at the party’s national executive meeting in a private chartered planes that Bangalore Mirror has traced back to the Adani group.A report published by Bangalore Mirror on Friday looks at the travel arrangements of several BJP leaders and shows that chief ministers, union ministers, BJP and RSS leaders from across the country except for Gujarat had arrived by commercial airlines.Patel arrived by a chartered plane owned by Karnavati Aviation Private Limited, whose contact address, is Adani House in Ahmedabad. Adani House is listed on the Adani Group’s website as its India address. The DGCA website shows Adani House as the private airline’s contact address.Gujarat Finance Minister Nitinbhai Patel, Medical Education and Health minister, Parsottambhai Rupala, Rajya Sabha member, national office bearer and state organising general secretary Bhikhubhai Dalsaniya, and cabinet minister handling transport, water and labour departments Vijay Rupani arrived in a nine-seater aircraft Thursday morning owned by Karnavati Aviation Private Limited.

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