Rename Akbar Road in Delhi after General Bipin Rawat : BJP’s demand with the NDMC

Editorial comments

• Akbar was an ‘invader’ and despite that retaining his name for the road till now is shameful.
• Why does such a demand need to be made for changing the name; does the Municipal Council not realise this ?

New Delhi – BJP in Delhi has written a letter to New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) making a demand of renaming the ‘Akbar Road’ after Late Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat. It is stated in that letter that Akbar was an invader. Hence, it is appropriate to give General Bipin Rawat’s name to it instead.

Delhi BJP urges NDMC to rename Akbar road after CDS Bipin Rawat for a ‘permanent memory’ https://t.co/MbuuGu2Ak9

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1. NDMC Vice-Chairman Satish Upadhyay said he is in the favour of the demand. “But this has to be deliberated by the NDMC. The decisions makers of the NDMC will deliberate on the same before making a decision,” said Upadhyay.
2. This is not the first such demand to rename the road. Minister V K Singh had earlier written a letter seeking renaming of Akbar Road as Maharana Pratap Road. It has also been defaced numerous times. In October, a signboard of Akbar Road was vandalised and posters were put up on them, declaring the stretch as ‘Samrat Hemu Vikramaditya Marg’, the Hindu Sena had claimed its responsibility.