Whether Lutyens’ Delhi’s iconic Race Course Road, where the Prime Minister’s residence is located, will now be known as Lok Kalyan Marg or by some other name makes no difference to the common man (“PM’s new address: 7 Lok Kalyan Marg”, Sept. 22). It seems as though our politicians have no other capability apart from renaming historic roads. Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah rightly said on Twitter: “It’s so good to know that everything is alright with the world & we can focus on the stuff that really matters — renaming roads. #7LKM”. The Delhi government seems unable to control the spread of dengue and chikungunya in the capital but seems to have all the time on its hands to rename roads. Even if roads have to be named, why not make new roads and name those? Why tinker with historical names?
Bidyut Kumar Chatterjee,
Faridabad
Public welfare should reflect in government policies, not in the renaming of roads.
Politicians ignore the historical and geographical importance of roads, institutions, and government programmes in their eagerness to boost their party image. If a race course exists, Race Course Road gives the location; if not, at least the name gives us some history about that place. What is the point in changing that?
P.R.V. Raja,
Pandalam, Kerala
BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi wants Race Course Road to be named Ekatma Marg; Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal wants it to be named after Guru Gobind Singh. What difference does all this make to the Prime Minister who is away from 7, Race Course Road, most of the time anyway?
P.G. Menon,
Chennai
