Suresh Kalmadi in Expressindia.com Kalmadi, who also flagged off the first CNG bus, said, "Just as the first CNG station has coincided with the CYG being promoted as green Games, the first piped gas connection could be given to the hostel of Shiv Chhatrapati Krida Nagari (Balewadi)."
Sonia Gandhi in Hindu Gandhi said the state was being dubbed "Uttam Pradesh" but it was more like "Ulta Pradesh" and likened it with the fable of "Andher Nagari, Chaupat Raja......"