Rename cities named after 'invaders', demands BJP leader; SC says 'Don't dig up past...'

Rename cities named after 'invaders', demands BJP leader; SC says 'Don't dig up past...'

Upadhyay wanted to establish a "renaming commission" to identify the original names of "ancient historical cultural religious places" that were named after "barbaric foreign invaders."

Jal khambataUpdated: Monday, February 27, 2023, 08:04 PM IST
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Today, the Supreme Court rejected a plea brought by Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, a BJP leader, to change the names of cities and historical sites that are believed to be named after "invaders." Upadhyay wanted to establish a "renaming commission" to identify the original names of "ancient historical cultural religious places" that were named after "barbaric foreign invaders."

๐—ฆ๐—– ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—Ÿ

The intention behind the PIL submitted by Ashwini Upadhyay was questioned by Justices KM Joseph and BV Nagarathna, who expressed concern that it would revive problems "which would keep the country on the boil."

In its ruling, the bench stated that the country's history should not haunt its present and future generations.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ'๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜€๐—บ: ๐—ฆ๐—–

The Supreme Court, coming down heavily on the petitioner, said: "Hinduism is not a religion but a way of life. Hinduism is a way of life and there is no bigotry in Hinduism. Don't dig up the past which will only create disharmony. Can't have the country on the boil."

๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต '๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป'

In his petition, Upadhyay requested that the government establish a "renaming commission" to reinstate the "original" names of ancient historical, cultural, and religious sites that were "renamed" by foreign invaders.

According to the petition, even though the Mughal Garden was recently renamed Amrit Udyan, the government failed to rename roads that were named after invaders. The petition argued that retaining these names violates the sovereignty and other civil rights protected under the Constitution.

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