On a day when Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal wrote to the Prime Minister to name the international airport in Mohali after Shaheed-e Azam Bhagat Singh, state BJP chief Kamal Sharma claimed that Haryana’s BJP government had no problem with the proposal, provided “Mohali” was not added to the name.
He told The Tribune that he supported Badal’s demand and Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar agreed with it, but the issue was regarding using the name of the city.
Haryana was demanding that the airport be named after RSS ideologue Mangal Sen.
Kamal Sharma said Haryana now wanted “Chandigarh” instead of “Mohali” mentioned as the airport’s base station. “They argue that using Mohali gives a clear impression that the airport is in Punjab whereas Haryana and Punjab have jointly shared 49 per cent cost of the Rs 452-crore project. The Airports Authority of India has funded 51 per cent of the cost.”
Haryana argues that the Special Purpose Vehicle created via a tripartite agreement between Haryana, Punjab and the AAI was called Chandigarh International Airport Limited. Hence, there was no room to use Mohali in the name.
23/12/15 Jupinderjit Singh/The Tribune
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He told The Tribune that he supported Badal’s demand and Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar agreed with it, but the issue was regarding using the name of the city.
Haryana was demanding that the airport be named after RSS ideologue Mangal Sen.
Kamal Sharma said Haryana now wanted “Chandigarh” instead of “Mohali” mentioned as the airport’s base station. “They argue that using Mohali gives a clear impression that the airport is in Punjab whereas Haryana and Punjab have jointly shared 49 per cent cost of the Rs 452-crore project. The Airports Authority of India has funded 51 per cent of the cost.”
Haryana argues that the Special Purpose Vehicle created via a tripartite agreement between Haryana, Punjab and the AAI was called Chandigarh International Airport Limited. Hence, there was no room to use Mohali in the name.
23/12/15 Jupinderjit Singh/The Tribune
