Karnataka To Rename Bengaluru Metropolis College After Manmohan Singh; BJP Says ‘Congress Hates…’
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R Ashoka, BJP chief and Chief of Opposition in Karnataka Meeting, objected to the transfer, saying that the Congress occasion hates Bengaluru
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The Karnataka cupboard on Wednesday determined to rename state-run Bengaluru Metropolis College after former prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh.
R Ashoka, BJP chief and Chief of Opposition in Karnataka Meeting, objected to the transfer, saying that the Congress occasion hates Bengaluru.
“Congress hates Bangalore. That’s why they’re renaming Bengaluru Metropolis College as Manmohan Singh College,” he mentioned.
Manmohan Singh, who performed a pivotal function in shaping the nation’s financial reforms throughout his 10-year tenure because the prime minister, handed away on the age of 92 in December final 12 months.
Throughout his funds speech, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah introduced that Bangalore Metropolis College shall be renamed Dr Manmohan Singh Bengaluru Metropolis College.
The Cupboard additionally determined to rename Bangalore Rural district as Bangalore North District, and Bagepalli taluk as Bhagya Nagar.
The proposal was cleared at a cupboard assembly chaired by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah atop Nandi Hills.
Bengaluru Rural at the moment contains 4 taluks—Hoskote, Devanahalli, Doddaballapur, and Nelamangala.
“We’ve renamed Bengaluru Rural district as Bengaluru North,” Siddaramaiah instructed reporters after the assembly.
In 1986, Bengaluru was bifurcated into Bengaluru City and Bengaluru Rural. In 2007, Ramanagara district was carved out of Bengaluru Rural.
In Could this 12 months, the cupboard renamed Ramanagara as Bengaluru South district.
Siddaramaiah added that the cupboard has additionally permitted renaming Bagepalli city in Chikkaballapura district, bordering Andhra Pradesh, as ‘Bhagyanagar’, noting that Bagepalli is a Telugu title.
Saurabh Verma covers basic, nationwide and worldwide day-to-day information for News18.com as a Senior Sub-editor. He keenly observes politics. You may observe him on Twitter –twitter.com/saurabhkverma19
Saurabh Verma covers basic, nationwide and worldwide day-to-day information for News18.com as a Senior Sub-editor. He keenly observes politics. You may observe him on Twitter –twitter.com/saurabhkverma19
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