A proposal to rename Aligarh, in Uttar Pradesh, as Harigarh was unanimously accredited by the town’s civic company earlier this week, mayor Prashant Singhal stated on Tuesday.
The proposal, which was first made by Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP) corporator Sanjay Pandit, was cleared by all councillors throughout a board assembly on Monday. It would now be despatched to the state authorities for approval, Singhal stated.
As soon as the proposal is cleared by the state authorities, it’ll add to the checklist of locations renamed within the state. In 2018, the state authorities renamed Faizabad as Ayodhya district; in the identical yr, the federal government additionally renamed Mughalsarai Railway Station in Chandauli district as Deen Dayal Upadhyay Junction. A yr later, it renamed Allahabad as Prayagraj.
“A board assembly of Aligarh Nagar Nigam’s Basic Home lasted until late on Monday night. Sanjay Pandit, one of many BJP corporators, introduced the proposal for renaming Aligarh as Harigarh, which was an extended pending demand,” Singhal stated.
“After discussions, the proposal was unanimously handed by the corporators on the board assembly. Now, it is going to be forwarded to the state authorities for consideration. We’re hopeful that this time, the demand to rename Aligarh as Harigarh will likely be met,” he added.
In 2021, the Zila panchayat of Aligarh had handed a decision, in search of to rename Aligarh as Harigarh, however no developments befell.
Aligarh BJP MP Satish Gautam welcomed the clearance of the proposal. “Prior to now, I had written a letter to chief minister Yogi Adityanath in search of a change within the title,” he stated.
“You’ll be able to go about altering something since you might be in energy. However I simply marvel if such title adjustments are aligned with the standard idea of shared heritage and pluralistic society,” requested Shahnawaz Alam, the top of state Congress’s minority wing.
At a public gathering on August 21, Uttar Pradesh deputy chief Keshav Prasad Maurya started his tackle by calling Aligarh as Harigarh, prompting a number of BJP leaders to voice comparable calls for later. Union residence minister Amit Shah and Chief minister Yogi Adityanath had been additionally current on the occasion, which was held to mark the second loss of life anniversary of former chief minister Kalyan Singh.
Later that day, Maurya acknowledged the long-pending demand to rename the town and warranted that “no demand would stay unmet”.