IN PHOTOS: Ajit Pawar-led NCP leader Praful Patel meets PM Modi

Rajya Sabha MP Praful Patel, of the Ajit Pawar faction of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), on Sunday met PM Narendra Modi. He told the PTI that he briefed PM Modi about the development of Birsi airport and plans to restart passenger flight operations from December 1. Pics/Praful Patel/X

Updated On: 2023-11-05 05:53 PM IST

Compiled by : Asif Ali Sayed

Praful Patel with PM Modi on Sunday. Pics/Praful Patel/X

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's aircraft made a brief touchdown at the new Birsi Airport in Gondia in Maharashtra on Sunday morning en route to Dongargarh in poll-bound Chhattisgarh

PM Modi landed at Birsi airport at 9:15 am on Sunday

PM Modi left in a helicopter for Dongargarh, a popular pilgrimage spot, in Chhattisgarh's Rajnandagon district

PM Modi later met Jain seer Acharya Vidyasagar Maharaj in Chhattisgarh's Rajnandagon district

The PM also offered prayers at Maa Bamleshwari Temple, located on the foot of a hill in Dongargarh in the poll-bound state

IndiGo is scheduled to launch its daily service from Gondia to Hyderabad from December 1, an AAI official had earlier said

Daily flights on the Indore-Gondia-Hyderabad route were flagged off on March 13 as part of the Centre's UDAN scheme

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