Chief Minister Eknath Shinde reiterated on Thursday that the Aarey site was perfect for the Metro-3 car depot, because not only his government thought so but because the previous governments knew its suitability to dedicate the project to the commuters at the earliest.

He told the Assembly that the politicians in the Maha Vikas Aghadi were also aware of the feasibility and all other better aspects of the Aarey land, but he chose to not comment on it further. However, he had a question for the powers that be in the MVA: “Why was the car depot land not included in the forest area that was notified by the previous [Thackeray] government?”