Shiv Sena (UBT) deputy leader Neelam Gorhe has said the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government should have shown the "broadness of mind" and invited former chief minister Uddhav Thackeray for the inauguration of the Samruddhi Expressway.

The first phase of the Nagpur-Mumbai expressway, officially named 'Hindu Hridaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Maharashtra Samruddhi Mahamarg', was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Nagpur on Sunday. The first phase of the expressway connects Nagpur and Shirdi town in Ahmednagar covering a distance of 520 km.