Politics of renaming districts together with capital Lucknow beneficial properties momentum in UP

Express News Service

LUCKNOW: The politics across the renaming of districts together with the state capital Lucknow has picked up but once more in India’s largest state. 

The state’s Deputy Chief Ministers – Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak—on Wednesday backed a demand from BJP MP Sangam Lal Gupta searching for the authorities to rename Lucknow as Lakshmanpuri. The BJP MP’s demand additionally acquired assist from senior celebration chief and former Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi.

BJP’s Pratapgarh MP had written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him to get Lucknow renamed as “Lakhanpur or Lakshmanpur,” claiming that the town was given its present title within the 18th century by Nawab Asifuddaula.

While Deputy CM Keshav Maurya claimed that traditionally Lucknow was often called ‘Lakhanpuri’ which grew to become Lucknow with the passage of time, the opposite Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak repeated the identical argument in Bhadohi on Wednesday claiming that Lucknow was earlier often called ‘Laxman Nagri’ and the state authorities would transfer ahead to rename it “according to the situation.”

The Pratapgarh MP had claimed in his letter that Lord Ram had gifted the town of Lucknow to his brother Lakshman and it was often called ‘Lakhanpur’ or ‘Lakshmanpur’ earlier.

Meanwhile, OP Rajbhar-led Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP), the previous ally of the ruling BJP, on Wednesday re-sent a letter to CM Yogi Adityanath demanding the renaming of two districts Ghazipur and Bahraich after Maharshi Vishwamitra and Raja Suheldev, respectively.

Talking to media individuals, Rajbhar stated that whereas being part of the Yogi cabinet in 2017, he had raised the demand of renaming the Ghazipur and Bahraich districts. “The same demands have been sent to the CM again,” he stated.

Rajbhar substantiated his demand by saying that at a time when a grand Ram temple was arising in Ayodhya which was witnessing a makeover in consonance with its atmosphere of Treta Yug when Lord Ram dominated it. “It is an ideal time to pay homage to his Guru Maharshi Vishwamitra by renaming Ghazipur which used to have the Ashram of the saint,” stated Rajbhar mentioning that Ghazipur must be renamed as Vishwamitra Nagar.

He added that since Bahraich was the birthplace of legendary Maharaja Suheldev who had neutralized invader Ghazi Saiyyed Salar Masood, the district must be named after the warrior king.

“As new chapters are being attached to history under Modi’s leadership, renaming of Bahraich should be done to enable future generations to recall the efforts of the legendary warrior king who belonged to this soil. So Bahraich should be renamed as Suheldev Nagar,” he stated.

SBSP spokesman Piyush Mishra stated that Ghazipur was named so by 14th-century king Firoz Shah Tuglaq after Ghazi Saiyyed Salar Masood.

LUCKNOW: The politics across the renaming of districts together with the state capital Lucknow has picked up but once more in India’s largest state. 

The state’s Deputy Chief Ministers – Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak—on Wednesday backed a demand from BJP MP Sangam Lal Gupta searching for the authorities to rename Lucknow as Lakshmanpuri. The BJP MP’s demand additionally acquired assist from senior celebration chief and former Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi.

BJP’s Pratapgarh MP had written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him to get Lucknow renamed as “Lakhanpur or Lakshmanpur,” claiming that the town was given its present title within the 18th century by Nawab Asifuddaula.

While Deputy CM Keshav Maurya claimed that traditionally Lucknow was often called ‘Lakhanpuri’ which grew to become Lucknow with the passage of time, the opposite Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak repeated the identical argument in Bhadohi on Wednesday claiming that Lucknow was earlier often called ‘Laxman Nagri’ and the state authorities would transfer ahead to rename it “according to the situation.”

The Pratapgarh MP had claimed in his letter that Lord Ram had gifted the town of Lucknow to his brother Lakshman and it was often called ‘Lakhanpur’ or ‘Lakshmanpur’ earlier.

Meanwhile, OP Rajbhar-led Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP), the previous ally of the ruling BJP, on Wednesday re-sent a letter to CM Yogi Adityanath demanding the renaming of two districts Ghazipur and Bahraich after Maharshi Vishwamitra and Raja Suheldev, respectively.

Talking to media individuals, Rajbhar stated that whereas being part of the Yogi cabinet in 2017, he had raised the demand of renaming the Ghazipur and Bahraich districts. “The same demands have been sent to the CM again,” he stated.

Rajbhar substantiated his demand by saying that at a time when a grand Ram temple was arising in Ayodhya which was witnessing a makeover in consonance with its atmosphere of Treta Yug when Lord Ram dominated it. “It is an ideal time to pay homage to his Guru Maharshi Vishwamitra by renaming Ghazipur which used to have the Ashram of the saint,” stated Rajbhar mentioning that Ghazipur must be renamed as Vishwamitra Nagar.

He added that since Bahraich was the birthplace of legendary Maharaja Suheldev who had neutralized invader Ghazi Saiyyed Salar Masood, the district must be named after the warrior king.

“As new chapters are being attached to history under Modi’s leadership, renaming of Bahraich should be done to enable future generations to recall the efforts of the legendary warrior king who belonged to this soil. So Bahraich should be renamed as Suheldev Nagar,” he stated.

SBSP spokesman Piyush Mishra stated that Ghazipur was named so by 14th-century king Firoz Shah Tuglaq after Ghazi Saiyyed Salar Masood.