UP Assembly polls: How Jewar International Airport could be gamechanger for SP and BJP
FirstpostWhile the BJP believes that the airport would be an ideal example of their ‘sabka saath, sabka vikas’ plank at the polls, the SP-RLD see it as a way to woo disgrutled villagers After Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for Jewar International Airport last year, the BJP is touting the Jewar assembly constituency as its development model on ‘sabka saath, saath vikas’ plank this election. Airport could be the gamechanger As Brahmdev Sharma, one of the residents of the Sabota village that is near Jewar Airport site, puts it, “Sabse bada mudda Jewar Airport rahega ji chunav mein. RLD MLA Avtar Singh Bhadana met the residents of Nangla Ganeshi, Dayanatpur, Rohi, Nangla Sharif Khan, Nangla Chittar, Jhangira Jhopdi villages, whose land was allegedly acquired for the Jewar airport. On whether he should be quoting China’s statement at a time when both countries face tumultuous relations, Bhadana says, “The government should know this before showing China’s airport video and passing it off as Jewar’s.” Dhirendra Singh, however, says he believes the acquisition in Jewar was so smooth that it did not see any protest and farmers gave away their land for development.