Goel seeks renaming of Babar Road to 5 Aug. Marg
A day before the ground breaking ceremony for Ram Temple in Ayodhya, former Union minister Vijay Goel, on Tuesday, demanded renaming of Babar Road in the national capital as 5, August Marg. Mr Goel, former Delhi BJP president, said that he has written to Union home minister Amit Shah and the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) to rename Babar Road near Bengali Market.
“Babar was an invader, who attacked Hindustan and demolished Ram Temple in Ayodhya. The Prime Minister is going to perform ground breaking ceremony for construction of a grand temple in Ayodhya on Wednesday. At such a time, it will be an appropriate move to rename Babar Road as 5, August Marg,” Mr Goel said in a press conference.
He, however, said that the Central government or NDMC may rename Babar Road after any other prominent and inspiring personality.
He claimed that his proposal for renaming of Babar Road was supported by the Bengali Market
Residents Welfare Society and Bengali Market Traders Association.
Mr Goel, who has an office on Babar Road, posed for the cameras with a signboard bearing crossed ‘Babar Road’ and its proposed new name ‘5, August Marg.’
“There is no politics in changing the name of the road. In 2015, Aurangzeb Road was changed to APJ Abdul Kalam Marg and in 2016 Race Course Road was renamed as Lok Kalyan Marg. So, there shouldn’t be any problem in changing Babar Road’s name also. This is on public demand,” Mr Goel
said. He said he doesn’t want any controversy to be associated with his demand.
“This is not related to any religion. The entire nation, including all the religious communities and groups, have accepted the Supreme Court’s judgement paving the way for construction of Ram Mandir,” he said.
Mr Goel said that he would write 5, August Marg on his letterhead and in all his correspondence from now on instead of Babar Road and will launch a signature campaign in the area to press for the demand to rename Babar Road.