Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has demanded that New Delhi's Akbar Road be renamed after Maharana Pratap. In a tweet, Khattar asked Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh that the road named after Akbar, considered the greatest of the Mughal emperors, be changed.
The Ministry of Urban Development, led by M Venkaiah Naidu, which has jurisdiction over the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), was surprised: why would Khattar raise the demand with the minister of state for external affairs? Was Singh a descendent of the Rajput king, some wondered.
According to sources, Naidu is not in favour of renaming Akbar Road, though the ministry and the NDMC had approved and renamed Aurangzeb Road after former President A P J Abdul Kalam.
