New Delhi, May 9 (TNS): Anti-Muslim movement in full swing in India as extremist Hindu group \u2018labelled\u2019 New Delhi\u2019s famous Akbar Road as Maharana Pratap Road, Indian media reported on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Akbar Road is key route in Indian capital which houses several Union ministers, including BJP chief Amit Shah as well as the Congress office.<\/p>\n
A poster \u2014 with \u201cMaharana Pratap Road\u201d printed on it\u2014 was pasted over the Akbar Road signboard leading off to India Gate circle.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
However, this is not the first time that an Akbar Road signboard has been defaced. Last year, signages bearing the name \u2018Akbar Road\u2019 in central Delhi were vandalised and posters were put up on them declaring the stretch as \u2018Maharana Pratap Marg\u2019. Hindu Sena, a right-wing outfit, had then claimed to be behind the act.<\/p>\n
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