Government may rename Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport after Mahatma Gandhi

Delhi's  "Palam airport" was named after Indira Gandhi in 1986 two years after she was assassinated.

Staff correspondent, September 18, 2015, NewsCrunch

The government is cautiously examining a recommendation to change the name of Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport to the Mahatma Gandhi International Airport

Delhi's  "Palam airport" was named after Indira Gandhi in 1986 two years after she was assassinated.
The Telegraph quoted BJP general secretary, Anil Jain, saying he had sent a recommendation to rename the Delhi airport, the country's busiest, after Mahatma Gandhi.

The Union civil aviation ministry is treading cautiously as it does not want to ignite one more controversy; the latest move comes on the heels of the renaming of Aurangzeb Road and dropping of Indira and Rajiv Gandhi stamps.

But sources told The Telegraph that the ministry was examining proposals to rename several airports across the country, including the Indira Gandhi International airport.
The airports at Chandigarh, Kochi, Dehradun and Udaipur, are reportedly on the runway to get new names.

Two of these - Cochin and Chandigarh airports - are just named after the cities they are located and would not face any heat.

The Dehradun airport is called Jolly Grant Airport, a small town in the vicinity, and renaming it should be a cakewalk.

Any attempt to rename the Maharana Pratap Airport at Udaipur would create controversy, while the proposal to change Indira Gandhi airport to Mahatma Gandhi airport would invite a full-scale battle with the Congress.