In its last cabinet meet, the Uddhav Thackeray-led dispensation, on June 29, decided to rename the cities of Aurangabad and Osmanabad, as well as the upcoming Navi Mumbai International Airport.
The new Maharashtra government, led by chief minister Eknath Shinde and his deputy, Devendra Fadnavis, will uphold the previous government’s decision to rename the cities of Aurangabad and Osmanabad, as well as the upcoming Navi Mumbai International Airport, Fadnavis announced on Monday.
“Whatever decisions were taken in the last cabinet (meet), about renaming, we’ll uphold those decisions as we’re of the same view. We’ll have to reaffirm those decisions as the last cabinet wasn’t as per the rules as the Governor had already asked the government to face a floor test,” Fadnavis said in the Maharashtra assembly, according to news agency ANI.
The BJP leader was addressing the House shortly after the new government sailed through a floor test of its own, securing 164 votes in the 288-member assembly, while there were only 99 votes against it.
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On June 29, in what turned out to be its last cabinet meet, the-then ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition gave its nod to renaming Aurangabad as Sambhajinagar, Osmanabad to Dharashiv, and the Navi Mumbai airport after farmer leader DB Patil.
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