BJP will launch an agitation if the Veterinary College of Goregaon, which put up a huge board saying its name was 'Bombay Veterinary College', fails to remove the board within 24 hours, former Union minister Ram Naik said here today.
The former petroleum minister warned the authorities to change the board within 24 hours or else BJP will launch an agitation.
The Veterinary College is located in suburban Goregaon since 1984. However, locals recently discovered that its name is 'Bombay Veterinary College' as the College has put up a big name board on the western express highway, he said.
Naik said he was shocked to see the board and wondered how the government-run college still carries 'Bombay' when name Bombay was officially changed to Mumbai in 1995.
Naik said he initially thought it must be due to carelessness. "However detailed enquiries revealed that in English, the College still displays 'Bombay' in its name in correspondence and official work," he said.
Naik today wrote to the principal, requesting to remove the board and replace it with 'Mumbai Veterinary College' within 24 hours. Naik said the process of officially changing the name must be initiated immediately.
"The college administration must remove the board and put up a new one within 24 hours or else BJP activists will launch an agitation," Naik warned.
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