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Uttarakhand cabinet ratifies renaming Jolly Grant airport after Vajpayee

  •   Sun, Nov 25 2018 08:37:27 PM

Dehradun, Nov 25 (IANS): The Uttarakhand cabinet has ratified a proposal to rename the Jolly Grant airport in the state capital after late prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, an official said on Sunday.

The proposal will now be sent to the Aiprorts Authority of India and the Union Civil Aviation Ministry for approval.

Built by the Birla industrial group in the early 80s, the Jolly Grant airport is now used to operate several flights everyday.

A senior official said that Vajpayee was instrumental in the creation of Uttarakhand and hence renaming the airport after him would be a homage to him.

The state unit of the Congress has, however, disapproved of the move, as the Harish Rawat government had earlier sent a proposal to the Union government to rename the airport after Jagadguru Shankaracharya.
  

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Mon, Nov 26 2018

    As long as they don't use names of Modi, Ambani, Adani & Ramdev ...

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  • Moshu, Mangaluru

    Mon, Nov 26 2018

    I remeber a joke of a barber who used to head shave stray dogs and cats if he could not find customers.
    Rather such decision has to be taken with all party consent. Who knows how many names will be on list to change if the new govt come to power in next General election.
    We cant afford wasting our tax money in crores on such a useless stuffs like building statues, changes names etc.

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  • j.anata, Mangaluru / Bengaluru

    Mon, Nov 26 2018

    Good initiative by the Uttarakhand BJP Govt

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  • mahesh, mangalore

    Sun, Nov 25 2018

    Can someone tell how many airports named after the Gandhi family?

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  • SMR, Karkala

    Sun, Nov 25 2018

    Late PM Vajpayee doesn't deserve Bharat Ratna nor naming of the airport in his name.
    The award is given in recognition of exceptional service rendered without distinction of race, occupation, position, or sex. Our former prime minister doesn't fulfill this criterion.
    1. While Bharat Ratna is an award for lifetime service, it is only Vajpayee's prime ministerial tenure that is being considered as exceptional and unblemished. Even as PM, some of his decisions were highly controversial. One was the famous surrender to the IC-814 hijackers and releasing dreaded terrorist Masood Azhar in return for the safety of the hostages. After the release, Azhar's outfit, Jaish-e-Mohammed, carried out several attacks on our country, including the attack on Parliament in 2001.
    2. Even his role during India's freedom struggle has always been in question: His controversial confessional statement before a magistrate during the Quit India Movement in 1942 indicted two freedom fighters. This aspect of his life was even raised by some of his detractors in Parliament after he became PM in 1998.
    3. An architect of Babri Masjid demolition he is openly calling for the demolition of the disputed structure. Was it without distinction of race or religion? What happened after the demolition will always haunt us as it severely dented India's pluralist nature and ethos.
    4. Vajpayee's communal rant: Contrary to his image as a moderate statesman, he spewed venom against the Muslim community during his speech at the BJP conclave in Goa, barely a few months after the 2002 Gujarat riots.
    According to the autobiography of Balraj Madhok, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya murder was engineered by those who were kept out of leading positions by the BJS president. He categorically stated: “Information gathered from difference sources points the finger of suspicion in the murder of Deendayal Upadhyaya towards them.” (p. 23)
    Today Senior BJP leader Subramanian Swamy don't speak who wanted fresh probe Upadhya murder.
    JaiHind

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  • HENRY MISQUITH, Bahrain

    Sun, Nov 25 2018

    Just another idea how to spend more of our hard earned inmoney!!!!

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