SC Rejects Petition Seeking ‘Commission’ to Rename all Historical Places Named after ‘Invaders’

New Delhi: Supreme Court on Monday rejected a petition requesting the formation of a “Renaming Commission” to rename all cities and historical places which have reportedly been named after “invaders”. This petition was filed by BJP leader Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay. The petitioner wanted the ‘Renaming Commission’ to find out the original names of ‘ancient historical cultural religious places’, named after ‘barbaric foreign invaders’.

A Supreme Court bench comprising Justices KM Joseph and BV Nagarathna questioned the motive of the PIL filed. They said it will bring alive those issues, “which would keep the country on the boil”. Passing the judgment, the bench said that the history of the country should not haunt its present and future generations.

“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,” the Supreme Court said.

Recently Mughal Garden was renamed Amrit Udyan. The BJP government in UP has continued to rename places.