NEW DELHI, 15 March, 2021 (TON): “They don’t know how to build but sell,” Congress leader slams the BJP government over privatization of airports.

On Monday afternoon, R. Gandhi tweeted, "#IndiaAgainstPrivatisation which hurts the public and benefits only a handful of cronies."

His response came in the wake of the government's aim to sell its residual stake in four airports as part of the Rs 2.5 lakh crore asset monetization pipelines.

As per the reports, the sale of the Airport Authority of India's remaining stake in the Delhi Mumbai, Bengaluru, and Hyderabad airports, as well as the identification of 13 more airports for privatization, has been planned for the next fiscal.

Under the BJP government in 2020, the Adani Group bagged contracts for six airports - Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Mangaluru, Thiruvananthapuram, and Guwahati in the first round of privatization.

However, for operating and developing the Jaipur, Guwahati, and Thiruvananthapuram airports, the Adani Enterprises in January had signed the concession agreement with the Airports Authority of India (AAI).