Rise in call for changing name of Bakhtiarpur

Bakhtiarpur, a municipality notified area and a town in Patna district, is again in news after the move to change its name has surfaced.

- Arun Kumar

PATNA:

Though it has been an old demand and often turned down, this time it is significant as the empowered standing committee of the Bakhtiarpur Municipal Council on Tuesday passed a resolution to change its name to 'Magadh Dwar' just ahead of the state election and it would be forwarded to the government for approval. The committee chairman Pawan Kumar told media persons that the proposal had been passed to remove the name of the tyrant.

"We will send it to the CM and the Governor," he added.

A senior official of the Patna district administration said that it would have to be seen if the empowered standing committee is the competent authority for passing such a proposal or it would have to be approved by the council. "It is a sensitive issue and without getting all the details, I will not comment," he added.