November 13, 2018

The Uttar Pradesh govt. has today formally cleared the renaming of names of Allahabad & Faizabad divisions to Prayagraj and Ayodhya divisions.

Allahabad district was renamed as Prayagraj last month & the renaming of Faizabad district as Ayodhya was announced on the eve of Diwali.

“Yes, Allahabad is non-existent. We'll seek the state cabinet’s approval to rename Allahabad division as Prayagraj division,” a senior UP govt. official had said on Monday.

“We're completing the necessary formalities. The issue is likely to come up at the state cabinet meeting likely to be held on Tuesday,” he said.

Meanwhile, there're reports that the state govt. is contemplating moves to change names of many other districts as well.

Sangeet Som, the BJP MLA from Sardhana in Meerut, has also demanded that Muzaffarnagar be renamed as Laxminagar.

“We've come across the demands for renaming many other districts. As of now, the proposals about renaming Faizabad district & division as Ayodhya and Allahabad division as Prayagraj are being sent to the state cabinet,” said another UP official.

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