'Bengaluru' has to wait!
Bangalore,
Sept
7:
Karnataka
CM
H
D
Kumaraswamy
announced
in
Gulbarga
that
Union
home
ministry
had
sent
him
a
letter
approving
renaming
12
cities
barring
Belgaum
on
Aug
20.
But
sources
in
the
Centre
claim
that
the
file
is
still
pending
with
the
Union
government.
The idea of renaming of cities which was first conceived in Dec 2005 will have to wait for some more time and not happen within a week as claimed by the CM.
"The file was sent to the Centre six months ago and once the clearance comes, the names have to be gazetted and a copy of the notification sent to the Centre," the sources said to the media.
Enquiries with the Union Home Ministry elicited a similar response.
Sources said the Centre had laid down guidelines for renaming places such as names should not hurt the sentiments of people, have political overtones or be already in use in some other state.
Asked
about
his
assurance,
CM
said
on
Thursday
that
Union
Home
Minister
Shivraj
Patil
had
committed
to
him
on
approving
the
renaming
with
a
request
not
to
insist
on
Belgaum.
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