India vs Bharat renaming row: Opposition reacts, Centre supports and netizens confused

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ALSO READ: From India to ‘Bharat’? Govt likely to bring a proposal to change country's name in Parliament special session He wrote, "So the news is indeed true. Rashtrapati Bhawan has sent out an invite for a G20 dinner on Sept 9th in the name of 'President of Bharat' instead of the usual 'President of India'". He alleged, "Now, Article 1 of the Constitution can read: ‘Bharat, that was India, shall be a Union of States.

But now even this "Union of States" is under assaults’." Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday asked a "flustered" BJP whether it would change the name of Bharat if the opposition alliance INDIA rechristens itself 'Bharat'. "I have no official information on this. I have heard rumours.

Why is this happening? It is being said that this is being done because we have formed an alliance named INDIA… The country belongs to 140 crore people and not to one party. If INDIA alliance rechristens itself Bharat, will they change the name of Bharat also," Kejriwal said. "What a joke is this! This is our country.

We have an ancient culture," he said. Commenting on the row, Tamil Nadu CM and DMK chief MK Stalin took a swipe at BJP saying 'BJP promised to TRANSFORM India, but all we got is a name change after 9 years'. He wrote, "After Non-BJP forces united to dethrone the fascist BJP regime and aptly named their alliance #INDIA, now the BJP wants to change 'India' for 'Bharat.' BJP promised to TRANSFORM India, but all we got is a name change after 9 years! Seems like the BJP is rattled by a single term called India because they recognise the strength of unity within the opposition.