Former law minister Moily dubs the idea of renaming India as 'foolish'

The plea, filed by a Delhi-based man, has contended that replacing the word India with "Bharat" or "Hindustan" will "instill a sense of pride in our own nationality"

Senior Congress leader and former Union Law Minister M Veerappa Moily on Thursday dubbed the idea of renaming India as 'Bharat' or 'Hindustan' as "foolish" and one with "nuisance value."

Karnataka BJP too said such a proposal is "neither the wish nor the will" of the party, news agency PTI reported.

The renaming suggestion also earned a thumbs down from former Solicitor General of India and retired Supreme Court Judge N Santosh Hegde, who cautioned that the move may give rise to unwanted misunderstanding "within other groups" in the country.

The Supreme Court Wednesday directed that a plea, seeking direction