The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh is likely to rename Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav's dream project — the Lucknow- Agra Expressway — as Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee Expressway.
The Uttar Pradesh Expressway Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) is likely to submit a proposal in this regard shortly. A senior BJP leader said that the former Prime Minister spent his initial days in Bateshwar village in Agra, and Lucknow has been his "karmabhoomi" from where he was elected five times in a row to Lok Sabha.
"Considering his connection with the two districts, it would be an apt tribute to the BJP stalwart to rename the Lucknow-Agra Expressway as Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee Expressway," said the leader.
Some BJP leaders have also suggested that the country's longest Poorvanchal Expressway be renamed for the former Prime Minister.
Meanwhile, in the aftermath of his recent demise, the state government has already received several proposals from different departments to rename or name existing and new projects after the former prime minister.
The Medical Education department has proposed to open a new state-level medical university in the name of Vajpayee and start a satellite centre of King George's Medical University (KGMU) in Balrampur, from where he had started his political life by getting elected to Lok Sabha in 1957.
As MP from Lucknow, Vajpayee had gifted a Scientific Convention Centre to the KGMU. It may also be named after him. The Education department has also proposed to open a Centre of Excellence at Kanpur's DAV College where Vajpayee completed his education.
"We are flooded with proposals from almost all government departments to rename existing and starting new projects in the name of the former Prime Minister. These proposals will be sent to the CM's Secretariat for a final decision," said a senior bureaucrat.
The Yogi Adityanath government has already announced the set-up of museum and memorials in Lucknow, Kanpur, Bateshwar (Agra) and Balrampur in the late Vajpayee's name.
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