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On Sunday, while speaking at an event, Yogi Adityanath justified the UP government’s decision to change its name from Allahabad to Prayagraj saying: “Log keh rahe hain kyun naam badal diya,

naam se kya hota hai? Maine kaha tumhare maa-baap ne tumhara naam Ravan aur Duryodhan kyun nahi rakh diya.”(People are saying why change the name, what’s in a name? To them I say, why

didn't your parents name you Ravana or Duryodhana?) On Sunday, while speaking at an event, Yogi Adityanath justified the UP government’s decision to change its name from Allahabad to

Prayagraj saying: “Log keh rahe hain kyun naam badal diya, naam se kya hota hai? Maine kaha tumhare maa-baap ne tumhara naam Ravan aur Duryodhan kyun nahi rakh diya.”(People are saying why

change the name, what’s in a name? To them I say, why didn't your parents name you Ravana or Duryodhana?) The Uttar Pradesh government has issued a notification directing its

departments to use Prayagraj instead of Allahabad for all official purposes, district magistrate Suhas L Y said last Saturday. Governor Ram Naik approved the name change on Friday and the

order comes into force with immediate effect, he said. > #WATCH UP CM Yogi Adityanath justifies name change of Allahabad to > Prayagraj; says, "log keh rahe hain kyun naam badal 

diya, naam se > kya hota hai? Maine kaha tumhare maa-baap ne tumhara naam Ravan aur > Duryodhan kyun nahi rakh diya?" pic.twitter.com/qRfLNnjbOR > — ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) 

November 4, 2018 However, it will not have any bearing on cases already in the courts, according to a release from the magistrate's office.  The proposal to rename the historic city of

Allahabad as Prayagraj was approved by the Uttar Pradesh Cabinet on Tuesday. The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting presided over by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who had said this

was in keeping with the wishes of the people. "The BJP government has rectified the mistake made by Akbar," a state BJP spokesperson had said. Earlier, opposition parties,

including the Samajwadi Party and Congress, criticised the decision, which comes ahead of the Kumbh Mela in January next year. Congress spokesperson Onkar Singh had said that the region

where Kumbh is held is already called Prayagraj and if the government is so eager, they can make it a separate city, but the name of Allahabad should not be changed. Adityanath had dismissed

the Opposition's criticism saying, "Those who are opposing this are not aware of their history, culture and traditions and we can't have hopes from them."