Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan has said that law firm Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas hired by the state government as legal consultants while bidding to operate and manage Thiruvananthapuram international airport had "nothing to do with the airport bid". Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani's daughter-in-law Paridhi Adani is a partner in the law firm. Kerala government lost the bid to Adani Enterprises.