New Delhi, July 7 -- BJP MP from Chandni Chowk, Praveen Khandelwal on Sunday wrote to Union railways minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, urging that the New Delhi Railway Station be renamed Atal Bihari Vajpayee Railway Station after the former Prime Minister.
HT had reported on July 1, that Delhi CM Rekha Gupta had written to Vaishnaw urging him to rename Old Delhi Railway Station as Maharaja Agrasen Railway Station.
Notably, renaming of railway stations falls under the jurisdiction of the Union ministry of railways, and such proposals must be formally approved by the ministry. htc
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