Ludhiana, May 20 -- Union minister of state for railways Ravneet Singh Bittu on Monday said commercial flight operations from the Halwara airport would take more time to commence as several formalities were pending and a few technical requirements were to be addressed.

Addressing the media during his visit to Ludhiana, Bittu took a dig at Sanjeev Arora, Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) candidate for the Ludhiana West bypoll, for allegedly taking credit of the Halwara airport project. "Do airports start operating overnight?" Bittu quipped, suggesting that Arora's claims were premature and politically motivated.

"The AAP government has no significant role in this project apart from completing a few formalities, and that too only because the airpor...