RSS chief: Air India should be given to an Indian

Mumbai, April 16: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Monday said that Air India's "operations haven't been managed properly" and therefore, it should be handed over to another player, who must be Indian.

"Air India should be handed over to anyone who can run it efficiently... The new operator must be an Indian player," Bhagwat said.

Bhagwat, however, also cautioned the Central Government against "losing control and ownership of its skies" by selling stake in Air India.

He pointed out that nowhere in world had any country allowed a stake of more than 49 per cent to foreign investors in aviation and specifically mentioned Germany, where foreign ownership is capped at 29 per cent.