India, Jan. 15 -- Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis' announcement on Wednesday that the union government and Airports Authority of India (AAI) had decided to shift the high-frequency radar of Mumbai Airport from Dahisar to Gorai, thereby paving the way for redevelopment of buildings in Dahisar, has elicited an angry response from Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena (UBT). The party specifically objected to the circulation of a video of union civil aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu making the announcement and allegedly asking for votes for the BJP in return.

Claiming that the video was circulated by Tejasvee Ghosalkar, BJP candidate of Ward No 2, the Sena (UBT) lodged a complaint with the State Election Commission (SEC) and BMC commissioner Bhush...