India, Sept. 11 -- Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah's "promise" to rename an upcoming metro station in Shivajinagar of Bengaluru after St Mary has stirred a row, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) slamming the proposal as an insult to Maratha ruler Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.

The Karnataka CM had, during a recent event in Shivajinagar's St Mary's Basilica, said that he had recommended to Centre that the upcoming metro station be named after St Mary.

This drew a sharp response from Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis, who condemned the plan. "I condemn the Karnataka government's move to rename Shivajinagar metro station in Bengaluru after St Mary. Its an insult to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj," PTI news agency quoted Fadnavis as say...