Rajya Sabha MP Praful Patel, of the Ajit Pawar faction of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Sunday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Patel told the PTI that he briefed PM Modi about the development of Birsi airport and plans to restart passenger flight operations from December 1.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's aircraft made a brief touchdown at the new Birsi Airport in Gondia district of Maharashtra on Sunday morning en route to Dongargarh in poll-bound Chhattisgarh, the PTI reported.