CM Adityanath ignored history by renaming Allahabad

CM Yogi Adityanath should rather engage in more constructive activities

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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath addresses a press conference on completion of four years of Narendra Modi government at the Centre, at the party office in Lucknow on Saturday | Photo: PTI

Last Updated : Oct 22 2018 | 10:05 PM IST

This refers to “What is in a name?” (October 18). A name means a lot when it is Allahabad. By erasing this name from the map of India, Yogi Adityanath has shown a lack of awareness of the history of the country’s struggle for freedom of which the city under this name was the epicentre of. In fact, Swaraj Bhawan there was virtually the headquarters of the freedom movement. Even in medieval India, Allahabad was a major city in which Akbar built a historic fort overlooking the Sangam as he realised the importance of the location. Jahangir raised a major