The Uttar Pradesh cabinet on Friday passed a resolution to rename the Noida International Airport in Jewar as Narendra Modi International Airport, Noida-Jewar , chief minister Yogi Adityanath announced after chairing the cabinet meeting.
He also listed the state government’s achievements and the projects launched under the BJP-led state government. “The state cabinet is grateful to the Prime Minister for gifting the Noida International Airport to Uttar Pradesh, which is the state’s largest airport and going to become India’s largest aviation hub. In the coming years, this airport will take the state’s economy, industry, tourism and global connectivity to new heights. Deputy chief ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak, along with Adityanath’s ministerial colleagues representing the BJP allies — Sanjay Nishad of NISHAD party, Om Prakash Rajbhar of Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party, Ashish Patel of Apna Dal (Sonelal) party, and Anil Kumar of Rashtriya Lok Dal — were present at the cabinet’s meeting. The double-engine government has not done any work for the public. People who are leaving only want to leave their name as a reminder.”
Because their own chair is about to be snatched away, they are naming things after the Prime Minister. Those who are leaving want to put someone else’s name so that they leave a mark. Adityanath said the cabinet also extended greetings to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for completing a total of 25 years as the head of the government, first in Gujarat and then at the Centre.
With this sentiment, the state cabinet is adopting the resolution recommending renaming of the airport as the Narendra Modi International Airport,” Adityanath said in a press conference at Lucknow. Later, in response to a question, minister for finance Suresh Khanna said the cabinet’s resolution would be followed by due process to rename the airport. Adityanath said Modi completing 25 years in public service on October 7 added a “glorious chapter to India’s democratic history”. Taking a jibe at the UP government, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said the Uttar Pradesh administration is naming things after the Prime Minister because their “own chair” is about to be snatched away. Speaking to reporters at an event in Deoria, Yadav said, “This Chief Minister is known for changing names.
