The BJP has supported the demand for airport to be named after late Peasant and Workers Party (PWP) leader and former MP DB Patil.
The Maharashtra state government has decided to name the upcoming Navi Mumbai International Airport after Shiv Sena founder late Bal Thackeray.
Tthe City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO), the nodal agency implementing the project, has taken the decision, Urban Development Minister Eknath Shinde said. Many locals who have been affected by the project or reside in the region have bee been demanding the airport be named after late Peasant and Workers Party (PWP) leader and former MP DB Patil. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) formed a human chain on Thursday in Alibaug to make its demand heard. Prakash Ambedkar, the chief of Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA), too had demanded to honour DB Patil by giving his name to the project.
“We respect DB Patil. The government will consider naming any other key project from Navi Mumbai after the PWP leader,” Eknath Shinde said on Thursday.
Mumbai-Nagpur Samruddhi Expressway has already been named by the state government after Thackeray. The airport in Mumbai is named after Maratha Warrior King Shivaji Maharaj.
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