Patel, who had initially washed his hands off the whole episode on the ground it was a corporate action, said the controversial decision was reversed within a day of his asking the airline's boss to solve the problem.
"I called the Chairman (Naresh Goyal) yesterday morning to meet me in Hyderabad... I had also told him that in 24 hours, we must find a resolution to this problem otherwise we in the ministry would certainly not be very happy with the approach of Jet Airways," he told reporters in New Delhi.
Petroleum minister Murli Deora said the sacking decision was "amateurish which made us very upset."
Goyal while announcing the decision had said the reinstatement was not under political pressure and I have not met anybody... There was no internal or external pressure.
He said the decision stemmed from a "conscience call".
In Mumbai, Shiv Sena and Raj Thackeray-led MNS sought to claim credit for the reinstatement decision.
Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray said "Jet must have now realised the power of Sena's force" while MNS chief and his estranged cousin Raj Thackeray said "no matter what others may claim, people know what led to Jet reinstating the staff".
Raj's apparent reference was to his party's threat after the airline announced the lay-off that no Jet flight would be allowed to operate in Maharashtra till the sack order was rescinded.
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