BJP leaders have teared into the Siddaramaiah-led Karnataka authorities’s plans to rename the Shivajinagar metro station in Bengaluru after Saint Mary with Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis terming it an insult to Chhatrapati Shivaji, the Maratha warrior king.
Siddaramaiah not too long ago revealed his authorities’s intention to advocate to the Centre to rename the station a part of the under-construction Pink Line. He mentioned the federal government had obtained a request in the course of the annual feast at St Mary’s Basilica. Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar claimed there’s nothing uncommon in responding to such group requests.
However on Thursday, Fadnavis condemned the deliberate transfer in neighbouring Karnataka. “The Congress has continued its custom of insulting the Maratha warrior king for the reason that time of Nehru who made feedback towards Shivaji Maharaj in his guide Discovery of India,” Fadnavis mentioned.
The BJP chief mentioned he’ll pray that the “Almighty provides Siddaramaiah sense” to not go forward with such a choice that’s based mostly on faith.
What Siddaramaiah mentioned
“A request has been made to call the metro station (after St Mary). I’ve spoken to Rizwar (Congress MLA Rizwan Arshad), who’s from the constituency. If advised as to which station must be named, we’ll ship a suggestion to the central authorities,” Siddaramaiah had mentioned on the difficulty.
Reacting to objections, Shivakumar mentioned, “We’ve simply mentioned it. There’s a request (to call after St Mary). There’s nothing mistaken within the request. We are going to take a name on that.” There have been some objections on social media to the naming on non secular grounds. Whereas some demanded that metro stations must be named after the locality or after well-known native personalities.
Why not Shankar Nag?
Chief of Opposition in Legislative Council Chalavadi Narayanaswamy accused the Congress authorities of “appeasement politics”.
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“Will they take away the identify Shivajinagar? They need to not transcend the bounds for pleasing somebody. Appeasement has grow to be the primary selection of the Congress celebration. Due to appeasement, the celebration has gone to canine now, nonetheless they’re doing appeasement politics. It is not going to work. We is not going to enable it,” the BJP chief advised reporters.
There have been additionally calls for by some to call the station after late Kannada actor Shankar Nag, credited for his imaginative and prescient of a speedy transit system for Bengaluru within the Nineteen Eighties.