The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is asking on the govt to dam the appointment of Ilker Ayci as chief government of Air Asian country, citing his previous political links in Turkey, with that national capital has strained relations.
The call from the economic wing of RSS, the ideologic parent of the BJP, comes as government agencies do what one official aforesaid were additional intensive than usual background checks on Ayci, World Health Organization was Associate in Nursing consultant in 1994 to Tayyip Erdogan, once the Turkish president was civil authority of Constantinople.
Ayci, a former chairman of Turkish Airlines, didn’t answer recurrent calls by Reuters for comment
Tata Group, that declared Ayci’s appointment as corporate executive of antecedently state-run Air Asian country when recently taking on the debt-laden airline during a $2.4 billion equity and debt deal, additionally didn’t respond.
In its day statement saying Ayci’s appointment, Tata aforesaid Ayci was “an aviation trade leader” World Health Organization would “lead Air Asian country into the new era”. Ayci aforesaid within the same statement that he was delighted to steer “an iconic airline”.
The government spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Friday.
Ashwani Mahajan, co-convenor of the Swadeshi Jagran Manch, aforesaid the govt should not approve Ayci’s appointment as Turkey had been sympathetic to India’s rival Asian nation.
“It (Air India) has been a national carrier
“It (Air India) has been a national carrier and it still carries the same importance … Tata should not get clearance for this”
The appointment of a distant national as corporate executive of Associate in Nursing airline in Asian country needs government clearance before it will proceed.
While checks on a CEO are in most cases a formality, they are more stringent in Air India’s case, the government source told Reuters, flagging concerns security agencies have about Ayci’s links in Turkey. The source declined to be identified due to lack of authority to discuss intelligence matters publicly.
India lodged a diplomatic protest in 2020 after Erdogan said New Delhi’s decision to impose federal rule in Kashmir was worsening the situation.
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