Aligarh to be renamed as Harigarh and Mainpuri as Mayan Nagar? Details inside-

Agra, Aug 17: Aligarh town of Uttar Pradesh might lose the name as the Zila panchayat of Aligarh passed a resolution in order to seek the renaming of Aligarh to Harigarh. The members stated that it is a long-pending demand.

 

This development of rechristening came after the proposal was passed in the first meeting of the panchayat without any opposition with 50 out of 72 members in attendance.

 

 

“It was a long pending demand to rename Aligarh as Harigarh. The zila panchayat approved the proposal unopposed. It would now be forwarded to the state government for approval,” Vijay Singh, zila panchayat chairman for Aligarh was quoted as saying.

 

 

Apart from that, another proposal was also passed to name the airport of Aligarh after BJP leader Kalyan Singh, informed the zila panchayat chairman. Kalyan Singh was a resident of the ‘Lock City’ and chief minister of UP during the Ram Janmabhoomi movement. Aligarh division comprises Hathras, Etah and Kasganj districts.

 

Earlier in the day, the zila panchayat of Mainpuri passed a resolution seeking to rename Mainpuri as Mayan Nagar after sage Mayan who founded the present day Mainpuri, said members. “One of the zila panchayat members had moved the proposal for renaming Mainpuri as Mayan Nagar and the proposal was passed on Monday with 23 members supporting the motion and two opposing it,” said Archana Bhadoria, zila panchayat chairperson of Mainpuri.

 

 

Earlier this month, the Firozabad district panchayat had passed a resolution demanding that Firozabad be renamed as Chandra Nagar. The Yogi Adityanath government has already changed the name of Allahabad to Prayagraj, Faizabad to Ayodhya and Mughalsarai to Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar. It recently recommended changing the name of Jhansi railway station after Rani Laxmi Bai.