BJP legislator Neelam Pehalwan raised a demand in the Delhi Assembly to rename west Delhi’s Najafgarh as Nahargarh. Two other party MLAs demanding the renaming of north east Delhi’s Mustafabad colony as Shiv Vihar and south Delhi’s Mohammadpur village as Madhavpuram. The AAP legislators’ allegations that the name-change only amounted to mere optics, were dismissed by the BJP legislator. The name change will be a tribute to martyrs, she said, adding that the AAP is a damaged drum which only wants to create noise. She said the demand for renaming NajafGarh was earlier raised by Parvesh Verma, the then MP, but the political situation was not conducive. “Now, I hope this proposal will go through smoothly,” she said. The BJP legislator Kailash Gahlot, who was earlier an MLA from Najfgarh in the AAP government, welcomed the proposal for a name change. He said it will honour the sacrifices made by residents of Najaf Garh during the revolt, calling it a popular demand of area residents.
