‘Why Change Name, Nonsense!’ Nitish Kumar on Renaming His Birthplace Bakhtiyarpur

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Bihar CM Nitish Kumar made the remark when the media sought his views on BJP MLA's demand to rename Bakhtiyarpur as 'Nitish Nagar'. (Image: ANI/File)

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar made the comment when the media sought his views on BJP MLA’s demand to rename Bakhtiyarpur as ‘Nitish Nagar’. (Image: ANI/File)

BJP MLA Hari Bhushan Thakur Bachol lately instructed the media in Patna that Bakhtiyarpur ought to be renamed as ‘Nitish Nagar’.

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  • Last Updated:September 13, 2021, 23:56 IST
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Calling his demand to rename Bakhtiyarpur “nonsense”, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday slammed BJP MLA Hari Bhushan Thakur Bachol. Bakhtiyarpur is a city located about 50 km from the state capital Patna. “It is sheer nonsense. Bakhtiyarpur is my birthplace, who will change its name? People keep talking such nonsense about Bakhtiyarpur. That was the reason that Nalanda University in late 12 century went from our control,” mentioned Kumar, after winding up his public interplay programme ‘Janata Ke Darbaar Mein Mukhyamantri’.

He made the comment in reply to a query from journalists who sought his views on the BJP MLA’s demand to rename Bakhtiyarpur as ‘Nitish Nagar’. Bachol lately instructed the media in Patna that Bakhtiyarpur ought to be renamed as ‘Nitish Nagar’. “Since Bakhtiyarpur is the birthplace of the CM, it should be renamed as ‘Nitish Nagar’. Bakhtiyarpur is known as after Bakhtiyar Khilji – the navy common of Qutb-ud-Din-Aibak – who destroyed the famed Nalanda University. Khilji was a robber, subsequently, identify of town should be modified,” mentioned the BJP MLA.

Nitish also said, “There is no question of changing the name, it’s all nonsense. A man born in the same Bakhtiyarpur is here, who is building Nalanda University,” mentioned the CM.

Earlier, union minister Giriraj Singh had additionally demanded Bakhtiyarpur be renamed. He demanded that Bakhtiyarpur and different cities and cities in Bihar named after Muslim invaders be rechristened, as is being performed within the neighbouring Uttar Pradesh. Giriraj is a Lok Sabha member from Bihar’s Nawada constituency, representing the BJP.

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