Agra has no meaning, should be renamed to ‘Agravan’ or ‘Agarwal’ : BJP MLA
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A BJP MLA from Agra has demanded renaming Taj city as Agravan or Agarwal saying that Agra has no meaning. BJP MLA Jagan Prasad Garg has written to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath urging him to change the name of the Taj city.
The development takes place three days after UP CM announced changing name of Faizabad to Ayodhya. Garg said that there were many ‘van’ (forests) and Agra was the centre for Agarwals, therefore, the city should be renamed as ‘Agravan’.
He said that this region was initially known as Agravan but its name was changed to Akbarabad. Later, it became Agra which has no meaning and its name should be changed to Agravan or Agarwal, he added. He also said that followers of Maharaja Agrasen used to live in Agra.
World famous monument of love – Taj Mahal is in Agra. It is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Another Bharatiya Janata Party lawmaker in Uttar Pradesh Sangeet Som created a flutter on Friday when he said the state government will soon be changing names of many other cities in the state after Allahabad was named Prayagraj and Faizabad, Ayodhya.
The firebrand BJP leader said there has been a “long-pending demand of people to change the names of various districts” and revert to their original names.
Som said Muzaffarnagar, which was named after Nawab Muzaffar Ali, will be changed to Laxminagar soon.
By EP Web Desk
