INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
renaming places across the state
"We did what we felt was good
We renamed Mughal Sarai as Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhayay Nagar, Allahabad as Prayagraj and Faizabad as Ayodhya
Where there is a need, the government will take the steps required," Yogi Adityanath said.After the names of Faizabad and Allahabad were
changed, new demands for renaming other cities have come up from within the ruling BJP
On Friday, Agra North lawmaker Jagan Prasad Garg said that Agra should be renamed as Agravan or Agarwal, while controversial legislator from
Sardhana Sangeet Som wants the name of Muzaffarnagar to be changed to Laxmi Nagar.However, BJP's allies aren't impressed with the Uttar
Pradesh government's renaming spree.Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) chief and Uttar Pradesh minister Om Prakash Rajbhar said today
that these decisions are being taken only to divert attention from the needs of oppressed sections of society
He also asked the party to first change the names of its own Muslim leaders."BJP changed the names of Mughalsarai and Faizabad
They say they were named after the Mughals
They have a national spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain, union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Uttar Pradesh minister Mohsin Raza
They should change their names first," Mr Rajbhar said."This is all a drama to distract backward and oppressed people whenever they raise
their voices for their rights
No one else has given the things which Muslims have given
Should we throw away the GT Road Who built the Red Fort Who built the Taj Mahal," he asked.Shiv Sena, the BJP's ally in Maharashtra, said
that renaming cities in Uttar Pradesh was nothing but a "lollipop" to woo voters ahead of the Lok Sabha elections next year."The BJP
promised a Ram Temple but all it has given is a new name to Faizabad and a (proposed) statue
This is a lollipop given by the BJP in view of the upcoming general elections," the party said in the editorial in its mouthpiece Saamna.
