Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal, strongly countered the Congress party's criticism of the Modi government's performance over the past 11 years, asserting that the grand old party has "forfeited the right to criticise" in the court of the people.
Five north-eastern state capitals have been connected with flights for the first time in 75 years with an increase in the flight movements from 852 per week in 2014 to 1,817 per week in 2022, amounting to an overall increase of about 113 per cent.