BJP MP Kapil Patil, who was inducted in the Union cabinet in the latest reshuffle and expansion, on Friday supported the demand to name the under-construction Navi Mumbai airport after late D B Patil, a local leader.

The Shiv Sena-led Maharashtra government recently announced that the greenfield project which would be an alternative to the Mumbai international airport would be named after Sena founder late Bal Thackeray.