Chandigarh airport international only in name: Bansal

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The Congress leader said by starting flights only to Dubai and now Sharjah, the BJP was trying to prove the airport as international, but it had failed on many fronts with respect to the airport that people were aware of...

Former Chandigarh MP and senior Congress leader Pawan Bansal has termed the resumption of Sharjah flight from Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport an election stunt by the BJP.o)..

The old airport will be used for domestic operations and the new one for international flights, but on the pretext of the high cost of running both airports, the BJP completely closed the Chandigarh airport due to which the terminal, built at a cost of 80 crore, and all other infrastructure were ruined..