No road to have names of British, Mughals, Pathans: CM Adhikari tells Assembly
Kolkata: West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday said Kolkata would not have roads named after Mughals, Pathans or oppressive British rulers, as he defended the Kolkata Municipal Corporation’s decision to rename Suhrawardy Avenue as Gopal Mukherjee Road. No road to have names of British, Mughals, Pathans: CM Adhikari tells Assembly Speaking in the assembly during a discussion on the governor’s address, Adhikari backed the June 20 decision to rename the arterial road in the Park Circus area after Gopal Mukherjee, who took up arms to protect Hindus during the 1946 communal riots, historically known as the Great Calcutta Killings. “I don’t know who took the decision but I fully support it. Bengal cannot have a road named after Suhrawardy,” Adhikari said. His remarks came amid a debate in the state assembly over the historical reference behind the original name of the road. Since the renaming, several academics and Trinamool Congress leaders have argued that the road was named after Sir Hassan Suhrawardy, an academic, art critic and the first Muslim vice-chancellor of the …
