No Proposal To Rename Ahmedabad As Karnavati: Gujarat Chief Minister
NDTV
Senior Congress MLA Amit Chavda during the Question Hour sought to know if any such proposal had been sent by the BJP government.
The Gujarat government has not sent any proposal to the Union government to rename Ahmedabad city as Karnavati in the last two years, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel informed the state Legislative Assembly on Friday.
Senior Congress MLA Amit Chavda during the Question Hour sought to know if any such proposal had been sent by the BJP government in the last two years and the Centre's response to it.
In a written reply, the chief minister, who handles the General Administration Department, said no renaming proposal had been sent in two years.
The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), student wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), had announced in February that it would launch a campaign seeking the renaming of Ahmedabad as Karnavati.
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