Ghaziabad To Be Renamed? Civic Body To Discuss Proposal Today

Ghaziabad near Delhi is likely to soon join the list of places renamed in Uttar Pradesh amid demands by Hindu outfits. The options are: Gajnagar and Harnandi Nagar.

The proposal was tabled by a BJP councillor yesterday and the Ghaziabad civic body put it on its Tuesday's board meeting agenda, reported The Times of India. With the BJP enjoying a comfortable majority in the civic body, there seems hardly any obstacle for the name change.

There have been requests for renaming the city for some time and but this will be the first time it will be discussed at the executive level, the report quoted mayor Sunita Dayal as saying.