Siddaramaiah, DKS Oppose CT Ravi’s call to rename Indira Canteen

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Bengaluru, August 8, 2021: Following the recommendation by BJP General Secretary CT Ravi to rename Indira Canteen on Saturday, August 7, Senior Congress leaders slammed Bharatiya Janata Party for its "hatred politics".

Earlier on August 7, CT Ravi had called on Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai to change the name of Indira Canteen to ’Annapoorneshwari Canteen’ at the earliest as it reminds the dark days of emergency.

Referring to the renaming of Gujarat stadium after PM Modi and further replacing Rajiv Gandhi’s name from the sports award, Siddaramaiah said, “It is a common practice to name schemes after national leaders. The Union government could have instituted another award in the name of Major Dhyan Chand, not rename. Hasn’t the BJP named schemes after Atal Bihari Vajpayee in the State? There are flyovers named after Deendayal Upadhyaya and Shyamaprasad Mukherjee in the city. Did we rename them when in power? The BJP needs to learn to respect other’s contributions to the nation as well".

Defending this demand, State Congress Chief D.K. Shivakumar said, “Indira Canteens in Karnataka take forward the pro-poor legacy of Mrs. Gandhi". He further sought to remind the BJP of the special bond she shared with Karnataka as was elected to Lok Sabha from Chikmagalur in 1978.