‘Solely left to rename India as BJP’: Akhilesh on taking conflict hero’s identify off college

Samajwadi Get together president Akhilesh Yadav on 18 February, Tuesday, slammed the Uttar Pradesh authorities over the removing of 1965 conflict hero Abdul Hamid’s identify from his college in Ghazipur district not too long ago.

Describing the act as “extraordinarily reprehensible”, the previous chief minister mentioned all that is still for “some folks” is to rename “India” as “BJP.”

The varsity in Dhamupur village within the district was renamed ‘PM Shri Composite Faculty’, in accordance with officers.

Hamid’s household protested the omission of his identify from the exterior wall and the gate of the college he as soon as studied in, with the native schooling officer saying it occurred throughout repainting work.

Seeing the backlash, college authorities instantly restored his identify on the exterior wall. Hamid’s identify was reinstated on the entrance of the college on Tuesday.

Earlier within the day, Yadav shared a clip of a information article on social media platform X and slammed the BJP-led authorities over the problem.

“This can be very reprehensible and indecent that extra significance is being given to another person than to those that sacrifice their lives for the nation.

“Now all that is still is for some folks to alter the identify of the nation from ‘India’ to ‘BJP’,” Yadav mentioned.