BJP lawmakers demand renaming Delhi’s Najafgarh, Mohammadpur, Mustafabad

Three ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmakers on Thursday demanded renaming Delhi’s Najafgarh as Nahargarh, Mohammadpur as Madhavpuram, and Mustafabad as Shiv Vihar.

BJP lawmaker Mohan Singh Bisht outside the assembly. (ANI )

Cities such as Allahabad (now Prayagraj), towns, districts, and landmarks have been renamed in BJP-ruled states reviving demands for changing names associated with rulers like the Mughals.

Anil Sharma, who proposed renaming Mohammadpur in his South Delhi constituency of RK Puram, said he would move a proposal in the House for it citing a long demand of the people. “Long ago the MCD [Municipal Corporation of Delhi] passed a proposal to change the name of the [Mohammadpur] village but the previous [Aam Aadmi Party] government did not take up the matter. Now that the [BJP] government of the people has been formed, necessary action to change the name will be taken,” he said days after the BJP was voted back to power in Delhi after 27 years.