Who exactly pay the Haj subsidy to Air India? Is it the Ministry of External Affairs or the Ministry of Civil Aviation? What is the exact amount? Does it change annually? These are matters of detail, but irrelevant to the the principle that State should not subsidise religious pilgrimage of any kind to any place irrespective of religion.
A senior Muslim leader like Syed Shahabuddin and the young Lok Sabha member from Hyderabad, Asaduddin Owaisi, have both exxpressed the will of the community to terminate the subsidy.
The impediment to Haj subsidy abolition lies squarely with Air India, a state corporation. The Government of India, throught the Central Haj Committee, should invite biddings from various airlines in India for Haj group travel and designate the lowest bidder as the official carrier of the Haj passengers.
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