Dismissing the demand for renaming Akbar Road as Maharana Pratap Road, Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday said naming and renaming of streets was not on the agenda.
“Naming and renaming of street is not the subject matter of the Urban Development Ministry. It is not on the government’s agenda. The government’s focus is only development,” Naidu told reporters here.
Earlier, Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh wrote to the Urban Development Minister asking for renaming Akbar Road in Lutyens Zone after the Mewar ruler Maharana Pratap. Singh’s demand comes amid reports that the Haryana government too had sought renaming of Akbar road after the Mewar ruler.
Playing down Singh’s comments, the BJP said everyone has a right to express his opinion but the government’s priority was solving the country's problems and its development.
(Published 18 May 2016, 20:20 IST)