Chief minister Yogi Adityanath announced the decision, highlighting the airport’s potential to become India’s largest aviation hub. LUCKNOW The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet on Friday approved a proposal to rename the Noida International Airport at Jewar as ‘Narendra Modi International Airport, Noida-Jewar’.
“The Council of Ministers of UP expresses its gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for gifting the state the Noida International Airport at Jewar, which is going to become India’s largest aviation hub.
The Cabinet has approved a proposal to name it Narendra Modi International Airport, Noida-Jewar,” the CM said speaking to the media after a Cabinet meeting here.
He claimed that the public is poised to replace the government that focuses on renaming. He remarked that the moment an airport’s connectivity improves, it is sold off. Adityanath said the Cabinet passed a resolution congratulating Prime Minister Modi on completing 25 years of continuous public service as head of government, with October 7 marking the milestone. Earlier reporting noted: Prime Minister Narendra Modi had inaugurated the airport on March 28 this year. It received its first flight landing with an IndiGo plane arriving from Lucknow on June 15. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had inaugurated the airport on March 28 this year.
Praising the PM’s leadership, the CM said the Centre-state coordination under the “double-engine government” had helped UP move towards a new era of development, with improved law and order, transparent governance, infrastructure and investment. Replying to a question later, UP finance minister Suresh Khanna said the Cabinet’s resolution would be followed by the due process to rename the airport. Reacting to the UP cabinet’s decision, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav said the public is going to oust those who change names. Taking a dig at the “politics of renaming”, he said some individuals wish to have things named after them during their own lifetimes because they lack confidence that anyone else would do so later. Responding to a query by media persons in Gosaipur village of UP’s Ballia district, Yadav said the central government is handing over airports — both large and small — to private entities. Earlier reporting noted: Addressing the media, Adityanath said that the Cabinet – which approved the proposal – was grateful to Prime Minister Modi for the airport, which he described as a major gift to Uttar Pradesh.
Earlier reporting noted: The Noida International Airport in Uttar Pradesh’s Jewar has been renamed to Narendra Modi International Airport, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced on Friday.
