Changing station names will not help trains to come on time: UP minister

This is the same minister who had accused the BJP of betrayal on several occasions and kept the party on tenterhooks over support for a candidate in the Rajya Sabha polls

On Sunday, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah, Minister of Finance, Railways, Coal and Corporate Affairs Piyush Goyal and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurated the new Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction railway station, earlier known as Mughalsarai. The renaming of the iconic railway station was proposed by Adityanath in August last year and within hours of the proposed change being put into effect, Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) leader and Uttar Pradesh Backward Class Welfare Minister Om Prakash Rajbhar said changing names will not lead to development or help trains come on time. This is the same minister