Today, the Supreme Court rejected a plea brought by Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, a BJP leader, to change the names of cities and historical sites that are believed to be named after “invaders.” Upadhyay wanted to establish a “renaming commission” to identify the original names of “ancient historical cultural religious places” that were named after “barbaric foreign invaders.”
๐ฆ๐ ๐พ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐๐
The intention behind the PIL submitted by Ashwini Upadhyay was questioned by Justices KM Joseph and BV Nagarathna, who expressed concern that it would revive problems “which would keep the country on the boil.”
In its ruling, the bench stated that the country’s history should not haunt its present and future generations.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ’๐ ๐ป๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐ถ๐๐บ: ๐ฆ๐
The Supreme Court, coming down heavily on the petitioner, said: “Hinduism is not a religion but a way of life. Hinduism is a way of life and there is no bigotry in Hinduism. Don’t dig up the past which will only create disharmony. Can’t have the country on the boil.”
๐ฃ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐๐ต ‘๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป’
In his petition, Upadhyay requested that the government establish a “renaming commission” to reinstate the “original” names of ancient historical, cultural, and religious sites that were “renamed” by foreign invaders.
According to the petition, even though the Mughal Garden was recently renamed Amrit Udyan, the government failed to rename roads that were named after invaders. The petition argued that retaining these names violates the sovereignty and other civil rights protected under the Constitution.
