Edited By: Nayanika Sengupta
Final Up to date: January 29, 2023, 11:59 IST
Rashtrapati Bhavan’s famed Mughal Gardens will now be generally known as ‘Amrit Udyan’. (ANI photograph)
TMC Rajya Sabha MP Jawhar Sircar on Sunday posted a sarcastic tweet, saying: ‘Ready for Mughlai Paratha to be renamed Swarga Lok or Indra Lok Paratha’
Centre appears to be unbothered by Opposition’s assault over renaming of Delhi’s iconic Mughal Gardens as signal board of ‘Amrit Udyan’ have been introduced in and positioned outdoors Rashtrapati Bhavan, as a part of a transfer that the BJP-led central authorities says “shreds yet another symbol of colonialism”.
While Opposition advises the government to focus on creating jobs and controlling inflation instead, Rashtrapati Bhavan’s famed Mughal Gardens will now be known as ‘Amrit Udyan’ and will open for the public from January 31. The resplendent gardens are open to the public once a year.
Delhi: Sign board of ‘Amrit Udyan’ (earlier known as Mughal Gardens) placed outside Rashtrapati BhavanAmrit Udyan is scheduled to open for public from January 31, 2023. pic.twitter.com/BsuG5gmfjG
— ANI (@ANI) January 28, 2023
The Congress did not officially react to the name change but the Trinamool Congress and CPI rubbished the move with the Left party terming it an “attempt to rewrite history”
The collective id of all of the gardens at Rashtrapati Bhavan shall be ‘Amrit Udyan’. Earlier there have been descriptive identities, now a brand new id has been given to the gardens. Amrit Udyan shall be opened for the folks (from thirty first Jan): Ajay Singh, Press Secretary to President pic.twitter.com/pstMtj6mYF— ANI (@ANI) January 28, 2023
TMC Rajya Sabha MP Jawhar Sircar on Sunday posted a sarcastic tweet, saying: “Ready for Mughlai Paratha to be renamed Swarga Lok or Indra Lok Paratha”.
Union ministers and BJP leaders, meanwhile, defended the decision by calling it a move towards a “new India”.
“Welcome and thank Hon’ble President Droupadi Murmu Ji for renaming the long-lasting gardens on the President Home as ‘Amrit Udyan.’ “This new identify not solely shreds yet one more image of a colonial relic but in addition displays India’s aspirations for the Amrit Kaal,” Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Twitter.
Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said, “Our Hon’ble President of India, Droupadi Murmu Ji sets an example by renaming the iconic gardens at the President House as ‘Amrit Udyan.'” A strong image of our nation’s progress and a mirrored image of a brighter future for New India,” Rijiju said in a tweet.
Saying that the Mughals killed Hindus and destroyed temples, BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari asserted that “the places named after them should be identified and renamed”.
“We’ll take away all British and Mughal names inside per week if BJP involves energy in Bengal,” said Suvendu Adhikari, who is also the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in West Bengal.
#WATCH | All the names & symbols of Mughals should be uprooted & thrown away just not in Mughal Garden but in villages & towns in country. They destroyed our heritage. When BJP will come to power in Bengal, we’ll throw away names of Mughals & British: WB BJP leader S Adhikari pic.twitter.com/EnaMoOwCnY— ANI (@ANI) January 28, 2023
The Opposition, however, said the government should focus on job creation and controlling inflation instead.
“Who knows, they might now want to rename the Eden Gardens and call it Modi Gardens! They should focus on creating jobs, controlling inflation and protecting the precious resources of LIC and SBI,” information company PTI quoted TMC Parliamentary occasion chief within the Rajya Sabha Derek O’Brien as saying.
CPI common secretary D Raja stated this identify change has been occurring for fairly a while and “nobody is aware of when it can finish”.
(With PTI inputs)
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