BMC Oppn moves motion to revoke name of SoBo street
Leaders of the Opposition in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) moved a resolution in the house of the corporation, demanding that the south Mumbai road, named after former president of Israel - Shimon Peres should be changed.
On February 12, the FPJ had reported that a junction between Kala Ghoda Chowk and Sai Baba Marg in South Mumbai has been named, 'Shimon Pares Chowk', in honour of the former Israeli president and Nobel peace prize laureate. Following which, group corporator had told FPJ that being the chairperson of the ward committee, he had initiated the proposal of naming the chowk after Peres.
"In Israel there are roads and junctions named after Netaji Shubhash Chandra Bose, so I don't see any problem in renaming a junction after former Israeli president who is also a Nobel laureate," said Narwekar. Earlier in March, Rais Shaikh - Samajwadi Party (SP) legislator and corporator from Nagpada had filed resolution demanding the civic body to change the name of the street. The matter is due for discussion on April 23 (Friday) where all the 227 corporator members in the house will vote for or against the resolution.
"Now it's up to the Shiv Sena which side they will choose to vote, Mr. Peres has made no contribution towards building the socio-economic outlook of the state, hence it is not appropriate to rename a street after him," Shaikh told FPJ.
Ravi Raja, senior Congress corporator and Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the BMC has said that BMC's move to rename the road contradicts its own policies.