Daughter pays tribute to ex-CM Rupani, other victims: ‘Not a day has gone by when people did not remember him’

Earlier, Radhika wrote to Tata Sons and Air India Chairman N Chandrasekaran, objecting to the airline asking victims’ kin to forgo their right to sue the airline and other stakeholders if they wished to take the final compensation offer.

Asked about the letter, she said, “It was a personal letter. And it was a communication between the family and Air India and I will not comment on that.”

Earlier, while speaking to mediapersons in Rajkot on the email communication between his sister and Air India, Vijay Rupani’s son Rushabh said, “…for the past one year, Air India has been communicating regularly with families… This email communication from my sister to Air India was supposed to be a private email communication. It was regarding the legal claim waiver. And we are still firm on that. But I have heard through social media that Air India has issued a clarification on that. Again, I want to say that this should be discussed privately between families and the company, the parties concerned. There is no point discussing these issues publicly, in the public domain.”

In the memory of Vijay Rupani, the Rupanis have established a voluntary organisation – Vijay Rupani Foundation – to carry out a range of community service activities. Under the aegis of the foundation, a kidney awareness seminar and a free medical camp has been organised in Rajkot on June 13 and 14.