Uttar Pradesh minister Baby Rani Maurya has urged Shahjahan Garden in Agra be renamed after the Malwa Kingdom queen Ahilyabai Holkar.<\/p>\n

The Women Welfare Minister made the urge in a letter to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.<\/p>\n

“Yes, I wrote to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath ji on the issue and my proposal to name the Shahjahan Garden after progressive queen Ahilyabai Holkar who did a lot for women’s empowerment. It would soon be a reality as our governments have always promoted women’s empowerment,” Ms Maurya told PTI.<\/p>\n

Shahjahan Garden is a Mughal-era green space between the Taj Mahal and Agra Fort in the Agra district.<\/p>\n

Ms Maurya said she “strongly identified” with Ahilyabai Holkar and has at her heart the issue of women’s empowerment.<\/p>\n

“So I feel that the renaming of this garden that draws people from across the globe would inspire the masses, women in particular … there is nothing wrong in such renaming,” the Agra Dehat MLA said.<\/p>\n

Ms Maurya said instructions have been issued to look into the Shahjahan Garden renaming.<\/p>\n

Over the years, UP has seen a litany of similar demands, involving invariably a Mughal-era nomenclature for replacement.<\/p>\n

On March 29, posters demanding renaming Muzaffarnagar to ‘Laxminagar’ came up in the western UP district.<\/p>\n

Calls have been made to rename Aligarh as Harigarh, Mainpuri as Mayanpuri, Sambhal as Prithviraj Nagar or Kalki Nagar, Sultanpur as Kushbhavanpur, and Ghazipur to Gadhipuri.<\/p>\n

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The opposition parties have decried these moves as tactics to divert people’s attention from pressing issues.<\/p>\n

The UP government has already renamed Allahabad as Prayagraj, and Faizabad as Ayodhya.<\/p>\n

Samajwadi Party spokesperson Sharvendra Bikaram Singh said it has become a “fashion” among BJP leaders to make such demands.<\/p>\n

“Its leaders make such demands because the BJP has failed. The government should instead focus on the real development issues that can benefit the common man,” Mr Singh said.<\/p>\n

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