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Changing names of cities a mere gimmick by Yogi Adityanath: Akhilesh Yadav

AGRA: In a scathing attack on the Yogi Adityanath government over its purported move to change the name of Agra city, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Monday accused the government of doing nothing in the public interest but indulging in gimmickry and theatrics of changing names of cities .

While interacting with media in Mainpuri, Akhilesh said, “When will they work? They always indulge in gimmickries of changing in names and numbers”.



The former Chief Minister’s reaction came on the UP government’s recent move to seek expert advice from the Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar University to investigate the historical aspect of the name of Agra. This move comes days after the government changed the names of Mughal Sarai town to Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar, Allahabad to Prayagraj and Faizabad to Ayodhya.

Last month, the state government had changed its emergency response number 100 to 112.

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