New Delhi, Feb 27: BJP MLA Neelam Pahalwan on Thursday proposed renaming Najafgarh in southwest Delhi as ‘Nahargarh’, claiming that the Mughals had altered its original name.
Pahalwan, who won the recent Assembly polls from Najafgarh defeating AAP’s Tarun Kumar by over 29,000 votes, claimed on the floor of Delhi Assembly that the renaming effort has been in the works for a long time.
“Najafgarh faced many challenges under the Mughal rule during Alam-II’s time. During the revolt of 1857, Raja Nahar Singh fought and included the Najafgarh region in Delhi’s territory. We have been trying for a long time to change the name from Najafgarh to Nahargarh. The people of the constituency have high hopes that this assembly will support the efforts to change the name,” Pahalwan said. The push for renaming areas appears to be gaining traction among the BJP leaders in Delhi. Following Pahalwan’s proposal, the BJP also sought a name change for a village under the RK Puram assembly constituency, saying Mohammadpur should be renamed as Madhavpuram. (PTI)
