Political spat over Bhogapuram Airport

Visakhapatnam: Political claims over the successful landing of first commercial flight at Bhogapuram International Airport took a new twist in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday with both the Telugu Desam Party and YSR Congress staking claim over the feat.

Former Chief Minister and YSRCP president Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, who laid the foundation stone for the project in May, 2023, 4 years after his political bete noire N. Chandrababu Naidu laid the stone, said after decades of delay, results are yielding.

YSRCP party social media accounts proclaimed "decades of delay--ine determined tenure...YS Jagan Mohan Reddy transformed the Bhogapuram International Airport from uncertainty into execution."

Meanwhile, Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu took to X to say: "Congratulations to the people of Andhra Pradesh, especially Uttarandhra, on the successful validation flight of the Bhogapuram Greenfield International Airport. Today marks a new milestone for aviation in the state, strengthening regional connectivity and giving a major boost to Uttarandhra as the region prepares to take off."