Aligarh to Become Harigarh? UP Civic Body Passes Resolution, But Govt's Nod Awaited
Prashant Singhal, Mayor of Aligarh, said there has been a long pending demand for renaming of the city. He said that the proposal would be sent to the administration
After Allahabad and Faizabad, another city of Uttar Pradesh is set for a name change. Aligarh, which is around 150 km from New Delhi, is likely to be renamed Harigarh after the Aligarh Municipal Corporation passed a proposal in this regard on Monday.
Prashant Singhal, Mayor of Aligarh, said there has been a long pending demand for renaming of the city. He said that the proposal would be sent to the administration.
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“In a meeting, a proposal was presented to change the name of Aligarh to Harigarh. All councillors unanimously supported this. Now, this proposal will be sent to the administration. I hope that the administration will take cognizance of this and fulfill our demand to change the name of Aligarh to Harigarh…This demand has been being raised for a long time…," Singhal told ANI.
It may be recalled that a proposal to rename Aligarh to Harigarh was cleared by a zila panchayat meeting in 2021 and sent to UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
In 2019, Chief Minister Adityanath had indicated that his government will keep up with its spree of renaming places across the state.
“We did what we felt was good. We renamed Mughal Sarai as Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhayay Nagar, Allahabad as Prayagraj and Faizabad district as Ayodhya district. Where there is a need, the government will take the steps required," Yogi Adityanath had said then.
Members of the ruling BJP have, over the years, demanded that other cities be renamed as well. An Agra lawmaker had proposed that Agra be renamed Agravan or Agarwal, while another suggested that Muzaffarnagar be renamed Laxmi Nagar and Mainpuri as Mayan Nagar.
Process of Name Change
A state government has the authority to change the name of any place or city within the limits of the state. Once a resolution to change the name is unanimously approved by the municipal body, they communicate with the state government, which further sends it to the Ministry of Home Affairs for approval. Upon receiving approval from the ministry and other relevant agencies, the state government is authorized to formally implement the name change.
(With inputs from ANI, IANS)
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