<p class="title">A poster with 'Maharana Pratap Marg' written on it was today found posted on an Akbar Road signboard in Lutyens' Delhi, with the police later removing it.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The road on which residences of several Union ministers, BJP chief Amit Shah as well and the Congress office are situated, falls under the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC).</p>.<p class="bodytext">"No such proposal has been received by the council neither such a renaming has been approved. The defacement of the signboard is a law and order issue and the police should take the required action," an NDMC spokesperson said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">So far, nobody has claimed responsibility for the defacement which comes on the birth anniversary of the Mewar warrior.</p>.<p class="bodytext">However, this is not the first time Akbar Road signboard has been defaced.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In 2016, Akbar Road signboards were defaced and posters of'Maharna Pratap Marg' were put up. Hindu Sena, a right-wing outfit, had then claimed responsibility for the act.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Our patrolling staff saw the poster and removed it. We are awaiting a complaint from the NDMC and then will register a case in the matter," a senior Delhi Police official said of today's incident.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Two years ago General V K Singh (retired) had written to the Union Minister for Urban Development, proposing that Akbar Road is renamed Maharana Pratap Road.</p>.<p class="bodytext">NDMC Vice Chairman Karan Singh Tanwar had then said that he would raise the issue before the council but no proposal in this regard was made.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Maharana Pratap was involved in a war with Emperor Akbar after he refused to accept the suzerainty of the Mughals. </p>
<p class="title">A poster with 'Maharana Pratap Marg' written on it was today found posted on an Akbar Road signboard in Lutyens' Delhi, with the police later removing it.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The road on which residences of several Union ministers, BJP chief Amit Shah as well and the Congress office are situated, falls under the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC).</p>.<p class="bodytext">"No such proposal has been received by the council neither such a renaming has been approved. The defacement of the signboard is a law and order issue and the police should take the required action," an NDMC spokesperson said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">So far, nobody has claimed responsibility for the defacement which comes on the birth anniversary of the Mewar warrior.</p>.<p class="bodytext">However, this is not the first time Akbar Road signboard has been defaced.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In 2016, Akbar Road signboards were defaced and posters of'Maharna Pratap Marg' were put up. Hindu Sena, a right-wing outfit, had then claimed responsibility for the act.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Our patrolling staff saw the poster and removed it. We are awaiting a complaint from the NDMC and then will register a case in the matter," a senior Delhi Police official said of today's incident.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Two years ago General V K Singh (retired) had written to the Union Minister for Urban Development, proposing that Akbar Road is renamed Maharana Pratap Road.</p>.<p class="bodytext">NDMC Vice Chairman Karan Singh Tanwar had then said that he would raise the issue before the council but no proposal in this regard was made.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Maharana Pratap was involved in a war with Emperor Akbar after he refused to accept the suzerainty of the Mughals. </p>