India, Dec. 4 -- A mosque inside Kolkata's Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport has once again become a point of debate. The structure stands less than 300 meters from the secondary runway and has long been flagged as a safety concern.

The issue resurfaced after West Bengal BJP chief Samik Bhattacharya raised questions and the Civil Aviation Ministry's reply became public.

Both acknowledged that the mosque sits close to the secondary runway.

Bhattacharya asked whether it "whether it is a fact that the mosque located within the operational area of Kolkata airport, adjacent to the secondary runway, continues to obstruct the safe extension and full utilisation of that runway."

He also asked the "reason for not initiating remo...