Panaji: Senior Congress leader Anand Sharma on Sunday said the collapse of Jet Airways appears to be a “scam” being executed in the run-up to elections, and demanded intervention of the Supreme Court in registration of an FIR in the matter. Weighed down by huge debt and falling revenue, Jet Airways recently announced suspension of its entire operations, leaving thousands of employees jobless.
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A State Bank of India-led consortium of lenders is now running the airline under a debt recast plan. “I can smell and see that it is a big scam. Collapse of Jet appears to be a scam which was well thought out and being executed in the name of elections, so that nobody will ask questions,” alleged Sharma. He further demanded that the apex court take note of the issue and direct registration of an FIR in the “entire scandal”.
