The demand to change the road's name had come as popular demand from people living in Jamia Nagar and nearby colonies.
The discussion on social media platforms over the renaming of Aurangzeb road after APJ Abdul Kalam seems to have influenced former Okhla MLA Asif Mohammed. According to a report by The Hindu, following the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP government's decision to rename Aurangzeb Road in Lutyens’ Delhi after former President APJ Abdul Kalam, Asif too has taken the trouble of naming an unnamed road in his former constituency as 'Aurangzeb Road'.
As many as 10 green sign boards with ‘Aurangzeb Road’ written in Hindi, Urdu and English have reportedly been put up on the 1.5-km road between Okhla and Kalindi Kunj. Asif told The Hindu that the move was a protest against Hindutva ideology and felt that The RSS and the BJP were interfering with the Islamic past of India.
The demand to change the road's name had come as popular demand from people living in Jamia Nagar and nearby colonies. This unofficial Aurangzeb road in Okhla has no other official name and is usually referred to as Okhla or Kalindi Kunj road.
The report said that certain areas of the area were displeased with this movie and with one resident feeling that the "government is trying to tell us that ‘we will decide the good and the bad Muslims’".
AAP's Okhla MLA Amanatullah said that he is disappointed with his government for letting themselves be swayed by the BJP. However, Amanatullah felt that renaming the road in protest was inappropriate. "Naming a random road in a Muslim-dominated area isn’t the solution,” said Amanatullah in the report.
According to Amanatullah, the road did not fall under the Delhi government's jurisdiction but belonged to the Uttar Pradesh Flood and Irrigation Department.
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