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The BJP government in Uttar Pradesh officially changed the name of Allahabad district to Prayagraj on Tuesday. The Yogi Adityanath government said that other institutes named after the district would soon follow suit, like that of the Allahabad High Court and University.
Government spokesperson and cabinet minister, Siddhartha Nath Singh, said that the name change was a long-standing demand of the people.
However, on Twitter many argued that nothing would change in the city thanks to the new name. Others poked fun at the government and some listed which other cities that might get a new name soon.
Take a look at these tweets:
https://twitter.com/Sambit_Khakhra/status/1052816540972638211
https://twitter.com/akashbanerjee/status/1052402181096333313
https://twitter.com/Mushroom_Ka_Dad/status/1052502172917587968
https://twitter.com/ExSecular/status/1052120476854583297
https://twitter.com/one_by_two/status/1052162462320070656
An official statement released by the government said, “The board researched documents and found that the there were 14 Prayags in the country but only the one here, also known as King of all Prayags (hence, Prayagraj) was changed to Allahabad.”
“There was a delusion that the place was always called Allahabad and so the revenue board suggested that in order to correct this delusion, it would be reasonably legal to change the name to the original name,” the statement said.
