India, Feb. 27 -- New Delhi

Three Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislators on Thursday sought to rename three areas of Delhi-Najafgarh to Nahargarh, Mohammadpur to Madhavpuram, and Mustafabad to Shiv Vihar-with legislator Neelam Pahalwan invoking oppression suffered by the people of Najafgarh during the Mughal era.

While Pahalwan raised the demand during the assembly session, deputy speaker Mohan Singh Bisht (Mustafabad) and Anil Sharma (RK Puram-Mohammadpur) raised the demands in conversation with mediapersons.

"My assembly constituency is a rural constituency sharing border with Haryana. When Mughal emperor Shah Alam II took control of Najafgarh, people here suffered a lot. During the 1857 revolt, Raja Nahar Singh fought and brought ...