Terming as unfortunate the Uttar Pradesh government's decision to rename Kanpur Dehat as Ramabai Nagar and creating another district Chattrapati Shahuji Maharaj Nagar, the Opposition Samajwadi Party on Thursday said the ruling BSP is only projecting people of a particular section as icons.
"This government has no work other than to install stones, create new districts, to rename places and to project people of a particular section as the only icons... The Mayawati government is blatantly misusing and wasting public fund and not a single penny is being spent on developmental works," SP national general secretary Ram Gopal Yadav told reporters in Lucknow.
"Kanpur Dehat district is known internationally and renaming it unfortunate...There are several districts which are hard to locate after being renamed. People know Haathras district very well, but they are unaware with its new name Mahamaya Nagar," he said.
"If the situation continues the same, there is no surprise that Mayawati would name some district in her name in time to come," he quipped.
On whether the SP would reverse the decision of the BSP government if voted back to power, Yadav said, "The SP may change the nomenclature if it gains power in the state." PTI
