It's All Work And Little Sleep Aboard Modi's Air India One, No Alcohol Or Groupies Around!
Indian PM Narendra Modi uses the Air India One an extension of the Prime Minister¡¯s Office, with meetings, work, and even for sleeping
Prime Minister Narendra Modi may get flak for his international trips - even if it is drumming up business investment for India, but it¡¯s his plane which gives a glimpse into his intentions. Former PMs took journalists on flights with lavish evenings of free-flowing liquor and direct access to India's power circuit of "diplomats, bureaucrats and intelligence and security officials".
Air India One - where you work, sleep, repeat
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For Modi, the Air India One is just an extension of the Prime Minister¡¯s Office. He holds meetings, works, and even sleeps on the plane. And the the teetotaller PM has ensured that everyday is dry day."Liquor is simply not served on the PM's flights," a highly placed source told the Times of India. Indian premiers before Modi were pretty chill about a free flowing Air India One bar as over 30 journalists needed to be "entertained"; So did the security and secondary officials who accompanied the PM on his travel.
In fact, even if officials onboard want to relax a bit, they can't
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"...the only option for the officials travelling with the PM is to either sleep and arrive ready to work or engross themselves in files or work on their personal electronic devices," another source said. On his trips to Belgium, US and Saudi Arabia, Modi was on the plane, 3 days in a row.
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¡°It is unprecedented to complete a PM's multination trip involving US in just 97 hours. If the PM had not chosen to sleep on the plane, we would not have been back for at least six days,¡° a senior government official said.
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