<p>Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh minister Baby Rani Maurya has urged Shahjahan Garden in Agra be renamed after the Malwa Kingdom queen Ahilyabai Holkar.</p>.<p>The Women Welfare Minister made the urge in a letter to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.</p>.<p>"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," Maurya told <em>PTI.</em></p>.Chief Minister Dhami Announces Renaming of Key Locations.<p>Shahjahan Garden is a Mughal-era green space between the Taj Mahal and Agra Fort in the Agra district.</p>.<p>Maurya said she "strongly identified" with Ahilyabai Holkar and has at her heart the issue of women's empowerment.</p>.<p>"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>.<p>Maurya said instructions have been issued to look into the Shahjahan Garden renaming.</p>.<p>Over the years, UP has seen a litany of similar demands, involving invariably a Mughal-era nomenclature for replacement.</p>.<p>On March 29, posters demanding renaming Muzaffarnagar to 'Laxminagar' came up in the western UP district.</p>.<p>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>.<p>The opposition parties have decried these moves as tactics to divert people's attention from pressing issues.</p>.<p>The UP government has already renamed Allahabad as Prayagraj, and Faizabad as Ayodhya.</p>.<p>Samajwadi Party spokesperson Sharvendra Bikaram Singh said it has become a "fashion" among BJP leaders to make such demands.</p>.<p>"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," Singh said. </p>
<p>Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh minister Baby Rani Maurya has urged Shahjahan Garden in Agra be renamed after the Malwa Kingdom queen Ahilyabai Holkar.</p>.<p>The Women Welfare Minister made the urge in a letter to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.</p>.<p>"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," Maurya told <em>PTI.</em></p>.Chief Minister Dhami Announces Renaming of Key Locations.<p>Shahjahan Garden is a Mughal-era green space between the Taj Mahal and Agra Fort in the Agra district.</p>.<p>Maurya said she "strongly identified" with Ahilyabai Holkar and has at her heart the issue of women's empowerment.</p>.<p>"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>.<p>Maurya said instructions have been issued to look into the Shahjahan Garden renaming.</p>.<p>Over the years, UP has seen a litany of similar demands, involving invariably a Mughal-era nomenclature for replacement.</p>.<p>On March 29, posters demanding renaming Muzaffarnagar to 'Laxminagar' came up in the western UP district.</p>.<p>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>.<p>The opposition parties have decried these moves as tactics to divert people's attention from pressing issues.</p>.<p>The UP government has already renamed Allahabad as Prayagraj, and Faizabad as Ayodhya.</p>.<p>Samajwadi Party spokesperson Sharvendra Bikaram Singh said it has become a "fashion" among BJP leaders to make such demands.</p>.<p>"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," Singh said. </p>