Renaming Haryana village after Trump a fraud: DC

GURUGRAM: Banners with the photograph of US President Donald Trump have been brought down in a Haryana village days after it was “renamed” after him, with deputy commissioner of Mewat declaring the renaming as a “fraud event” and “illegal”.

Marora village, some 46 km from here, was on Friday dedicated to Trump, ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s US trip.

The renaming was carried out by NGO Sulabh, which said the village will be known as “Trump Sulabh Village”.

Authorities removed the signage boards and banners with Trump’s photographs installed in Marora village.

On June 23, Sulabh’s founder Bindeshwar Pathak had also launched various projects for allround development of Marora panchayat in Haryana’s Mewat region.

“It was all fictitious and a fraud event by the organisers aimed at collecting money across the country and abroad,” MR Sharma, deputy commissioner of Mewat, told IANS.

“Organisers neither took any permission from local authorities or the Haryana and Union government, nor have they applied for changing the name of the village. It was all illegal,” Sharma said.

“Village Marora has been already declared open-defection free (ODF) by the state government. We have ordered for removal of all signage boards and banners claiming ‘Trump Sulabh Village’ and are taking appropriate action,” Sharma added.

Monika Jain, vice president of Sulabh International told IANS that they have removed all signages.

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