MUMBAI: In a battle of political oneupmanship, the two-member cabinet of the Eknath Shinde and Devendra Fadnavis government on Saturday re-approved the renaming of Aurangabad and Osmanabad districts. It also gave a fresh nod for the naming of the Navi Mumbai international airport. The proposals were first approved by the MVA government at its last cabinet meeting, but the new Shiv Sena-BJP government has said that those decisions were illegal.
The chief minister and deputy chief minister said that the earlier MVA government was in a minority and had been asked to prove its majority by the governor, so it could not have taken the renaming decisions. When minutes of the MVA cabinet meeting came for confirmation before the new cabinet, the executive was directed to bring forth a fresh proposal.
