{"id":82480,"date":"2020-12-15T17:37:33","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T12:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=82480"},"modified":"2020-12-15T17:39:21","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T12:09:21","slug":"congress-leaders-falsely-claim-sardar-vallabhbhai-patel-airport-renamed-to-adani-airports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/congress-leaders-falsely-claim-sardar-vallabhbhai-patel-airport-renamed-to-adani-airports\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress leaders falsely claim Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Airport renamed to ‘Adani Airports’"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Ahmedabad airport has been renamed from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel to Adani,” tweeted MP Congress<\/a> with a photograph of a billboard that says ‘Adani | Airports’. The tweet drew over 3,000 likes and more than 600 retweets.<\/p>\n

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Gujarat Congress MLA Amit Chavda<\/a> also shared the image alluding the same.<\/p>\n

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So did\u00a0AICC in-charge for Telangana Congress Manickam Tagore<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Misleading claim<\/h4>\n

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Airport in Ahmedabad has not been renamed to ‘Adani Airports’ but the Airport Authority of India (AAI) handed over its operations to the multinational conglomerate on November 6, 2020.<\/p>\n

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On 6th Nov’20 at 00:00 midnight, #AAI<\/a>‘s senior officials exchanged Memorandum & handed over Ahmedabad @ahmairport<\/a> to @AdaniOnline<\/a>. Sh A.K Verma, APD, AMD exchanged symbolic key in accordance with concession agreement & future development. pic.twitter.com\/vKECyC6u49<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Airports Authority of India (@AAI_Official) November 7, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There are no news reports claiming that the name of the airport has been altered. It still reads the same on the AAI website<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n

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A video report by The Times of India<\/a> published on November 7 shows recent visuals of the airport where signboards and hoardings now carry the words ‘Adani | Airports’. However, the name of the airport has not been changed. A signboard visible when passengers enter the airport reads ‘Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport’ in the middle and ‘Adani | Airports’ on the sides.<\/p>\n