JP leaders to meet CM for name-change of more dists, towns

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BJP MLA Devmani Dwivedi said there was a demand to rename Sultanpur. “I have already raised the demand to rename Sultanpur as Kushbhawanpur in the state assembly earlier. This city was founded by Lord Ram’s son Kush. I have requested the chief minister for an early appointment to enable me to place the demand before him,” said Dwivedi who represents Lambhua assembly constituency of Sultanpur.

Sultanpur district’s official website also supports Dwivedi’s claims. It reads “The original town was situated on the left bank of the Gomti. It is said to have been founded by Kush, son of Ram, and to have been named after him Kushpur or Kushazbhawanpur. This ancient city has been identified by General Cunnigham with the Kushpur mentioned by Hiuentsang, the Chinese traveller.”

Brijesh, BJP MLA from Deoband assembly seat of Saharanpur, said he had consistently from Shahjahanpur Vir Vikram Singh ‘Prince’ said he had raised the demand to rename Khudaganj block of his district. He said the process to rename the block had already begun. “I met chief minister Yogi Adityanath recently and demanded that Khudaganj should be renamed after freedom fighter Thakur Roshan Singh who along with Ram Prasad ‘Bismil’ was hanged for his involvement in the Kakori bank dacoity case,” said Singh, who represents Katra assembly constituency of Shahjahanpur.

Renaming of Ghazipur as Gadhipuri has also been demanded, on the ground that it was the capital of Maharishi Vishwamitra’s father king Gadhi in ancient India and renamed after an aide of Mohammad Bin Tughlaq. “We will meet chief minister soon to request change of name. We will also push for change of name of Muhammadabad assembly constituency as Dhara Nagar, as the area is mentioned in ancient scriptures,” said Alka Rai, BJP MLA from farmer from Muzaffarnagar. Kapildev Agarwal, minister of state (independent charge) and local MLA refused to comment.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s move for changing the name of Rajiv Khel Ratna Awards has evoked mixed reactions.

“We can understand change of name of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awards after Major Dhayn Chand, as late Rajiv Gandhi was not a sportsperson. This is acceptable. But in other cases, name changes appear to be the outcome of electoral politics and should not be encouraged,” said professor SK Dwivedi, former head of department, political science,lu. “There should be no politics in sports,” said senior Congress leader Pankaj Malik.

The BSP has attacked the SP for changing names in the past. BSP chief Mayawati said in a post early this week that the BSP government had made the park in Lucknow that SP named it after Janeshwar Mishra. Besides renaming Allahabad and

A demand for renaming Sambhal is being raised in different areas in the district. I propose to meet the CM on Aug 12 and convey the feelings of people