GG News Bureau
Lucknow, 17th May. It seems like the Yogi government in Uttar Pradesh is back to its name changing spree.
A recent tweet by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has initiated speculations about the name of Lucknow being changed in the coming weeks.
In a tweet welcoming Prime minister Narendra Modi to Lucknow on Monday, CM Yogi said, “Sheshavatar Bhagwan Laxman ki pawan nagri Lucknow mein aapka swagat aur abhinandan.”
https://twitter.com/myogiadityanath/status/1526201719419699205?s=20&t=J-GzxC9fFXcqUfWIo1Jmvg
This tweet has led to a discussion on social media about the name of Lucknow being changed to Laxmanpuri.
A wonderful temple dedicated to God Laxman is already being constructed in the state capital.
A demand to change Lucknow’s name to Lakhanpuri or Laxmanpuri has been raised many times by the Bharatiya Janata Party leaders.
Lucknow at present has several landmarks named after Laxman and these include Laxman Tila, Laxmanpuri and Laxman Park.
Notably, the Yogi government in its previous term, had changed the name of Allahabad to Prayagraj and Faizabad to Ayodhya.
This led to a increase in demand for changing the names of various districts including Sultanpur to Kushbhawanpur, Aligarh to Harigarh, Mainpuri to Mayanpuri, Sambhal to Prithviraj Nagar or Kalki Nagar, Firozabad to Chandranagar and Deoband to Devrand.
Meanwhile, officials stated that they are not yet aware of any such proposal to rename Lucknow or any other city.
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