By Web Desk
Indore: The Indore Municipal Corporation in Madhya Pradesh has removed signboards with new street names in a Muslim-dominated area after a BJP leader’s objection. The BJP leader claimed that the signboards were tied to a “particular religion”, apparently Islam, PTI reported.
Mayor Pushyamitra Bhargav said on Thursday that legal action would be initiated against a ward councillor for allegedly renaming the roads illegally.
Former BJP MLA Akash Vijayvargiya, son of MP Urban Development and Housing Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya, wrote to IMC commissioner Shivam Verma claiming some streets in Chandan Nagar had been renamed on the basis of a “particular religion”.
He claimed civic employees had put up signboards with “altered names”, and warned of an agitation if the boards were not removed immediately.
Mayor Bhargav said ward councillor Fatma Rafiq Khan had “unlawfully” renamed five streets in Chandan Nagar’s Ward No. 2 and got the signboards installed through corporation staff.
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