Swami Chakrapani, National President, Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha on Friday demanded to rename Delhi as Indraprastha.
This comes a day after Delhi chief of the Bharatiya Janata Party Adesh Gupta wrote to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to rename around 40 places.
He said his organisation would launch a signature campaign in this respect.
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“The old name of Delhi was Indraprastha. The city has a modern name Delhi. Even in Mahabharata, it has been mentioned as Indraprastha,” said Chakrapani.
He claimed, “A king during the Tomar era had installed an iron stick which was loos and people called it ‘Dhili’ (loose). Later on the place came to be referred to as ‘Dilli’ and then it became Delhi.”
“Indraprastha means the kingdom of lord Indra where everyone is living happily,” he said.— IANS