Goa lawmakers, oppn leaders want to name new airport on Manohar Parrikar
Opposition leaders as well as a spokesperson of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Goa have demanded that the name of the new airport in the state should be ‘Manohar Parrikar International Airport’ and not ‘Manohar International Airport’.
Goa Forward Party (GFP) MLA Vijai Sardesai claimed the state government was trying to “wipe out” the legacy of late BJP leader and former chief minister Manohar Parrikar by not including his surname in the airport’s name.
The Goa Assembly on Wednesday evening passed a resolution naming the new greenfield airport at Mopa in North Goa district as ‘Manohar International Airport’.
