Mysore/Mysuru: Even as the credit war over naming of Mysore Airport in Mandakalli continues between the Congress and the BJP, Prof. P.V. Nanjaraj Urs has said that it was the Siddharamaiah led Congress Government which made the first move in this regard, by passing a Cabinet resolution to name airport after Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar.
Speaking to presspersons on the sidelines of Siddharamaiah book release programme at Kalamandira here on Saturday, Prof. Nanjaraj Urs said that the citizens of Mysuru have long been demanding naming of the airport after Nalwadi. It is learnt that the State Cabinet which met on July 22 has adopted a resolution on naming Mysore Airport after Nalwadi. But the fact is that the Congress Government headed by Siddharamaiah had written to the Airports Authority of India (AAI) on Oct.9, 2015, seeking to name the airport after Nalwad, he said while displaying certain documents.
