This is to save money. However, all those who go to Delhi go by business class. All those who travel abroad too look for better options than economy class. Some ministers in Keshubhai's government have travelled by first class. Our money and our cost.
Every minister gets money for the petrol they use at per km rate.
And the money they get is more than the market rate of petrol. A senior minister himself admitted that he saves one rupee per km from the money that government gives him. Not only that. These ministers often travel in between from Mondays to Thursdays and these are travels meant to please a particular section only. Like theses, ministers travel 200km to 400 km to inaugurate a computer class or a kusthi competition.