VK Singh Suggests Renaming of Akbar Road After Maharana Pratap

Singh said the naming of road would give recognition to Maharana Pratap’s valour and spirit of secularism.

• Minister of State for External Affairs Gen (retd) VK Singh has suggested renaming Akbar Road in Lutyens Zone after Mewar ruler Maharana Pratap.
  
• Praising the 16th century Rajput king as “truly secular” and a “man of masses”, Singh has written to the Ministry of Urban Development to rechristen the road after him, also adding that the move would give recognition to the ruler.
  
• The suggestion comes amid reports that Haryana government too had sought the renaming. Last year, the government had renamed Aurangzeb Road after former president, late APJ Abdul Kalam.
  

(With agency inputs)