With the Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde faction) and with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) back in power in Maharashtra with Shinde as Chief Minister, the BJP's pet projects in Pune, including the high-capacity mass transit route (HCMTR) , Purandar international airport and riverbank development are likely to accelerate again, according to a report by the Hindustan Times. These three projects were put on hold after the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) combine came to power in 2019.

In 2014, then-Prime Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari were criticized for pushing the Nagpur metro in front of the Pune metro.