New Delhi, May 9 (TNS): Anti-Muslim movement in full swing in India as extremist Hindu group ‘labelled’ New Delhi’s famous Akbar Road as Maharana Pratap Road, Indian media reported on Wednesday.
Akbar Road is key route in Indian capital which houses several Union ministers, including BJP chief Amit Shah as well as the Congress office.
A poster — with “Maharana Pratap Road” printed on it— was pasted over the Akbar Road signboard leading off to India Gate circle.
However, no one has yet taken responsibility for the act. The defacement came, incidentally, ahead of the birth anniversary of the Mewar warrior on May 9. The poster was removed later in the day.
A media report quoted a spokesperson of the New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC), under whose zone Akbar Road falls, as saying that it would launch an investigation into the incident.
However, this is not the first time that an Akbar Road signboard has been defaced. Last year, signages bearing the name ‘Akbar Road’ in central Delhi were vandalised and posters were put up on them declaring the stretch as ‘Maharana Pratap Marg’. Hindu Sena, a right-wing outfit, had then claimed to be behind the act.
Courtesy: The Indian Express
