PM Modi's Delhi address changes to 7, Lok Kalyan Marg
The change of the name of the road in Lutyen's Delhi came days after BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi wrote to the NDMC, suggesting the name of the road on which the PM lives should be changed to "match the Indian culture".
In Short
- Race Course Road renamed as Lok Kalyan Marg.
- RCR renamed after BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi wrote to NDMC.
- In August last year, Aurangzeb Road was renamed APJ Abdul Kalam Road.
The New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) today changed the name of Race Course Road in central Delhi - with the Prime Minister's official residence being its most famous address - to Lok Kalyan Marg.
The change of the name of the road in Lutyen's Delhi came days after BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi wrote to the NDMC, suggesting the name of the road on which the PM lives should be changed to "match the Indian culture".
The announcement was made at a press conference attended by Lekhi, NDMC chairman Naresh Kumar, and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, whose AAP had earlier demanded that the road be named after a martyred soldier.
Lekhi had actually proposed to rename the Race Course Road as Ekatma Marg, based on the philosophy of the BJP ideologue Deendayal Upadhyay.
"There were some suggestions in the NDMC meeting, but consensus was that
Race Course Road be now called Lok Kalyan Marg," Kejriwal later told
reporters.
The British-era Race Course Road was named after the Delhi race course, part of the Delhi Race Club, which was established in 1940.
In August last year, Aurangzeb Road in central Delhi was renamed Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Road in honour of the late President.
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