Amid a lot of protests by the opposition parties, the Uttar Pradesh cabinet on October 16, 2018, approved the proposal to rename Allahabad as ‘Prayagraj’.
After Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s announcementon October 13, 2018, regarding the name change, the Congress and the Samajwadi Party protested the move by calling it a poll gimmick.
While the Congress has said that the change would diminish the importance that Allahabad had in the country’s freedom movement and does not make sense, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on October 15, 2018, alleged that Adityanath government’s proposed move was another example of its trait for “renaming”.
However, the proposal received a mixed reaction from intellectuals, teachers, literary persons, lawyers and politicians in the Sangam city.
Purvanchal, Bundelkhand Expressways Will Be Inaugurated This Year, Says UP CM Yogi Adityanath
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Sep 16, 2021
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UP CM Yogi Adityanath said that two big expressways Purvanchal and Bundelkhand expressway will open this year. Purvanchal Expressway will be inaugurated by the PM in October and the Bundelkhand Expressway will be inaugurated by November-end.The CM also criticised the opposition saying that “Before 2017, there were two expressways in UP. There was no Metro in any city. Congress was in power for so many years yet never thought for public transport”. He added that even if the projects were...
UP CM Yogi Adityanath Gives Nod To Give Free Tablet, Mobile To Students
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Oct 06, 2021
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The Uttar Pradesh government has announced that it will distribute tablets and smartphones among students and skilled workers in the state. The decision was taken during a Cabinet meeting as a part of the govt’s massive outreach just before the next year’s Assembly elections in the state.In a statement, the state government said that smartphones and tablets will be distributed free of cost among the youth enrolled in various teaching/training programmes like graduation, postgraduation,...
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