Sawant tight-lipped over naming new Goa airport after Parrikar
Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Monday maintained silence over the christening of Goa’s upcoming international airport in Mopa.
The nomenclature process has hit controversy over the names of former defence minister late Manohar Parrikar and the state’s first chief minister Dayanand Bandodkar as potential possibilities.
Amid reports that the state government had recommended the name of Parrikar, who served as the state’s CM on four occasions, Sawant, on Monday, was non-committal.
“The Union Civil Aviation ministry will decide about naming Mopa airport,” Sawant told a press conference after he was asked whether the state government had proposed the name of Manohar Parrikar for the upcoming project.
