: Assam government drops Rajiv Gandhi’s name from Orang National Park #IndiaNEWS The Assam Cabinet on Wednesday announced that it was dropping former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s name from the Orang

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Assam government drops Rajiv Gandhi’s name from Orang National Park #IndiaNEWS
The Assam Cabinet on Wednesday announced that it was dropping former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s name from the Orang National Park. “Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park to be renamed as Orang National Park, taking cognisance of the demands of Adivasi and tea tribe communities,� a government statement said.Last month, the Narendra Modi government announced that the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, India’s highest sporting honour, has been renamed after Dhyan Chand. This was despite the fact that an award in the name of the hockey legend already exists.In February, the Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera in Ahmedabad was renamed the Narendra Modi Stadium.Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pijush Hazarika on Wednesday told the Hindustan Times that Assam’s indigenous community wanted Gandhi’s name to be removed from the national park.However, the president of the Assam Tea Tribe Students Association, Dhiraj Gowala, said that the community had made no official demands for renaming the national park. But some members of the community may have urged the government to change the name, he added.“When the state has a BJP-led government, this was expected,� Gowala told the Hindustan Times. “In few years, a Congress government might change the name again. Instead of this, it would be better if the state government focuses on our main demands like granting Scheduled Tribe status to tea-tribes, increase...Read more

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