Maharashtra government on Monday approved Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol’s proposal to name Pune Airport as Jagadguru Sant Tukaram Maharaj Airport. The decision was taken during a cabinet meeting, which will not be sent forward for Centre’s approval.
Taking to X, formerly known as Twitter, Mohol thanked the Mahayuti government, which consists of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena and Deputi CM Ajit Pawar’s led Nationalist Congress Party faction.
“The first step towards renaming the international airport in Pune as ‘Jagadguru Santshrestha Tukaram Maharaj Pune International Airport’ has been taken today and the proposal given by us has been approved by the state government. The said proposal has been approved in the cabinet meeting and will be sent to the central government for further processing. This proposal will be approved in the coming cabinet itself, Deputy Chief Minister Hon. Shri. Devendraji Fadnavis did it in Pune just two days ago. Hon. Devendraji has approved this proposal in the very first cabinet after making the announcement,” he wrote on X.
धन्यवाद, महायुती सरकार !
धन्यवाद, मा. देवेंद्रजी !पुण्यातील आंतरराष्ट्रीय विमानतळाचे नामकरण ‘जगद़्गुरु संतश्रेष्ठ तुकाराम महाराज पुणे आंतरराष्ट्रीय विमानतळ’ असे करण्याच्या दृष्टीने पहिले पाऊल आज पडले असून आपण दिलेल्या प्रस्तावाला राज्य सरकारने मंजुरी दिली आहे. सदर प्रस्ताव हा… pic.twitter.com/vbtenDNYiD
— Murlidhar Mohol (@mohol_murlidhar) September 23, 2024
