"We have a lot of respect for D B Patil. The chief minister has requested the action committee to recommend any other project (to be named after Patil)," said Shinde, a senior Shiv Sena leader.
Agari Community organises an agitation with a human chain on a road, demanding leader DB Patil's name to be given to Navi Mumbai Airport, in Thane. Pic/PTI
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"We have a lot of respect for D B Patil. The chief minister has requested the action committee to recommend any other project (to be named after Patil)," said Shinde, a senior Shiv Sena leader.
"One meeting has taken place (with the committee) and one more will take place. A positive outcome is expected," he said. CIDCO, the state-run planning agency which is executing the greenfield airport project, proposed that it be named after Bal Thackeray, he said.
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