Hyderabad, April 30 -- All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) President Asaduddin Owaisi has strongly criticised the Haj Committee of India over its decision to collect an additional RS 10,000 from pilgrims as "differential airfare."In a post on social media platform X, Owaisi said the committee had already collected Rs 90,844 per pilgrim for departures from the Mumbai embarkation point a few months ago, alleging that the total cost is nearly double the prevailing airfare for individual travellers.
Questioning the move, he asked whether pilgrims were being penalised for opting to travel through the Haj Committee, terming the additional charge as "nothing but exploitation." He pointed out that most pilgrims are not affluent and save...