"Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy today sought suspension of the new bilateral air services agreement between India and Abu Dhabi, saying prima facie it appeared to be linked with Jet-Etihad deal.
The timing of the agreement and "from a close reading of the minuted note of (Finance Minister) P Chidambaram after the meeting convened by him as directed by you appears prima facie to be linked to the Jet-Etihad deal," he said in a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, adding, "it is now time to formally suspend the said bilateral agreement."
Referring to the Supreme Court verdict that auction was the preferred mode of allocation of natural resources like spectrum for commercial exploitation, Swamy said, "In this case, India allocated without any substantive reason to prefer a bilateral agreement allotment of airspace."
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