'These Are Distraction Tactics': Rahul Gandhi on India-Bharat Name Row, Says 'Little Bit of Fear in Govt'

Sep 9, 2023 8:10 AM, 8 news, 2 views

Amid the ongoing India versus Bharat debate, the United Nations said that it will change the country’s name to "Bharat" when New Delhi completes the formalities for the same, reported NDTV citing UN Secretary General's chief spokesperson Stephane Dujarric. This comes days after the G20 dinner invite to foreign leaders from President Droupadi Murmu mentioned ‘President of Bharat’ instead of the usual ‘President of India’.

"When India completes the formalities to change the name, they will inform us and we will change the name at the UN (records)," United Nations Secretary General's chief spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said, as quoted by NDTV.

Notably, as the row erupted over the dinner invites, a note on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Indonesia for the 20th ASEAN-India Summit and the 18th East Asia Summit used the term 'Prime Minister of Bharat', fuelling the fire. The debate sparked speculations that the Centre might change the name of the country from ‘India’ to ‘Bharat’.

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