BJP attacks Bihar govt for renaming of Atal Bihari Vajpayee park to ‘Coconut park’, says 'it's criminal'
Bihar government pushed the inauguration ceremony but was quick to hit back at BJP with state environment minister Tej Pratap Yadav claiming that the Opposition is spreading rumors. "It is named Coconut Park in official papers...Rumour is being spread that the park has been renamed...BJP people must have put up the board (of Atal Park).." said Tej Pratap Yadav.
"For the time being, we have postponed the inauguration of the said park that was scheduled today. We have also asked the Patna Municipal Corporation to confirm if/when was the park notified as 'Atal Park'," said Bandana Preyashi, Secretary of the Department of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bihar.
As per the news platform India Today, the park was earlier named as Coconut Park, but after the death of Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 2018, the then NDA government in the state decided to name it after the former Prime Minister, now JD(U)-RJD government wants the park to call by its original name. “On one hand, Nitish Kumar garlands the memorial of Vajpayee ji and, on the other hand, Tej Pratap Yadav has changed the name of the park.
This is a two-tone government. BJP opposes this and the party demands that the name of this park not be changed," said BJP spokesperson Arvind Kumar Singh said.
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