Rename Aurangabad airport to Sambhaji Maharaj airport: Uddhav Thackeray writes to Hardeep Puri

Image Source : PTI Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray has written to Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri requesting him to alter the title of Aurangabad airport after Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj.
Amid a tussle between the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)  over renaming Aurangabad to Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday urged the Centre to alter the title of Aurangabad airport too. 

In a letter to Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, Thackeray mentioned that the Cabinet has authorized altering the title of Aurangabad airport after Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj. It additional acknowledged {that a} decision concerning it has additionally been handed in each homes of state meeting. 

The Centre ought to now subject a notification to alter the title of the airport accordingly, the letter acknowledged.

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The ruling alliance and the BJP have been on the loggerheads over altering the title of Aurangabad metropolis. However, the Congress, which additionally part of the MVA, has opposed the concept.

“If any proposal about renaming Aurangabad as Sambhajinagar comes up, the Congress will oppose it strongly. Our party does not believe in changing names as it does not lead to development of common man,” mentioned Maharashtra Congress chief and Revenue Minister Balasaheb Thorat mentioned earlier this week. 

The Shiv Sena, nevertheless, sought to minimize Congress’ opposition and mentioned that the social gathering’s stance over the difficulty was not new. 

“The Congress has opposed the proposal of renaming Aurangabad to Sambhajinagar. It has made the BJP happy. But the Congress’s opposition to the proposal is not new and therefore, linking it to the MVA government is foolishness,” Shiv Sena mentioned in its mouthpiece ‘Saamana’.

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