The change of name of Gurdwara Rakabganj roundabout to Guru Gobind Singh Chowk is seen as an effort to woo the Sikh community by both BJP and AAP ahead of the Punjab Assembly polls early next year. NDMC chairperson Naresh Kumar said it was a unanimous decision to change the name of the road as Lok Kalyan Marg. Once the notification is issued, the PM's famous residential address 7, Race Course Road will be known as 7, Lok Kalyan Marg.Р”Р„AP MLA Surinder Singh, also member of the Council, opposed Lekhi's proposal to rename the road as Ekatma Marg. I suggested that the PM should be consulted on this but the council members decided that on the basis of suggestions received from public, the road should be renamed as Lok Kalyan Marg,' Kejriwal said. РІР‚СљI had proposed renaming of the road after Guru Gobind Singh while Lekhi said it should be renamed as Ekatma Marg. In the meeting, Kejriwal proposed to rename the Race Course Road after Guru Gobind Singh, the 10th Sikh Guru, but some members were not convinced.

(Follow The Tribune onР’В Facebook Р’В and Twitter )Р”В§ Race Course Road is IndiaРІР‚в„ўs most famous address where Prime Minister Narendra Modi's official residence is located.Р”Р„ notification will be issued soon to complete the process of renaming the road.Р”В«JP MP Meenakshi Lekhi, who is a member of the NDMC Council, had proposed renaming Race Course Road as Ekatma Marg based on the philosophy of the party's ideologue Deendayal Upadhyay but it was not accepted. Lekhi who represents New Delhi constituency in Parliament proposed to change the name to Lok Kalyan Marg instead of Ekatma Marg which she had proposed earlier.

The NDMC has also decided to rename the Gurdwara Rakabganj round-about adjacent to the Parliament complex as Guru Gobind Singh Chowk following representations from various Sikh organisations. The Race Course Road, where the Prime MinisterРІР‚в„ўs official residence is located, was on Wednesday renamed Lok Kalyan Marg after a heated debate in the NDMC council meeting attended by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi among others.

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