Delhi's Aurangzeb Road may be renamed as APJ Abdul Kalam Marg
New Delhi, July 30: As India's former president and the "missile man" Dr APJ Abdul Kalam bid farewell to the world on Monday, July 27 at IIM-Shillong, many states decided to name educational institutions after his name, as a token of love and tribute.
To keep alive the memories of the "people's president", there has been an online clamour to rename national capital Delhi's posh Aurengzeb Road as APJ Abdul Kalam Marg. [Live Updates: Dr APJ Abdul Kalam laid to rest]
On Wednesday, July 29, campaigners were sending messages on social networks such as Twitter and WhatsApp.
[Will Delhi be renamed again? Modi Govt planning to rechristen Delhi to get heritage city tag]
Change.Org has also started a petition saying, "Please rename Aurangzeb road of Delhi to Dr. Abdul Kalam road."
However, a section of society feels that such a move can polarise communities.
[Govt may rename Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan after APJ Abdul Kalam]
Demands have also been going on to rename Aurengzeb Road as Guru Gobind Singh Road.
[Defence Colony renamed as 'Veer Bhoomi Chowk']
Meanwhile, here are some tweets passionately demanding that the Aurengzaeb road should be renamed:
#AbdulKalam
#Respect
Rename
Aurangzeb
Road
in
Delhi
to
Dr.APJ
Kalam
Road
@narendramodi
—
vikasraina
(@vikasraina)
July
27,
2015
#RIPKalam
Aurangzeb
Road
shud
b
made
APJ
Abdul
Kalam
Marg
@PMOIndia
@AmitShahOffice
@upadhyaysbjp
@MVenkaiahNaidu
@NalinSKohli
@arunjaitley
—
DKSingh
(@theDKSingh)
July
27,
2015
I
wish
they
would
rename
that
Aurangzeb
Road
in
Delhi
after
APJ
Kalam
Sir
@narendramodi
ji.
—
sathya
narayanan
(@sathya0709)
July
28,
2015
https://t.co/bjUXR9AoDJ
Change
Aurangzeb
road
name
to
Dr.
Abdul
Kalam
Road
@ravibhadoria
@sunil_choudhry
@HimendraTanwar
—
जयहिन्द
जयहिंदुत्व:
(@muneeshdhawan)
July
28,
2015
@tajinderbagga
@smritiirani
Must
rename
Aurangzeb
Road
to
APJAbdulKalam
Rd.@narendramodi
@PMOIndia
@manoharparrikar
—
Capt
Trivedi
(@trivedia1234)
July
28,
2015
@narendramodi
Sir
a
vry
hmbl
rqst
2
u...plz
rename
Delhi's
"Aurangzeb
Road"
to
"Abdul
Kalam
Road"..in
lvng
memory
of
our
Dearest
President.
—
Mükëşh
Kümäř
(@mukeshkjust4u)
July
28,
2015
This
is
an
excellent
proposal:
rename
Delhi's
Aurangzeb
Road
as
Dr.
APJ
Abdul
Kalam
Marg.
https://t.co/UYws3fkpsZ
—
Tufail
Ahmad
(@tufailelif)
July
28,
2015
Let
us
rename
Aurangzeb
Road
who
was
a
ruthless
emperor
to
Abdul
Kalam
Marg.
After
all
if
CP
can
be
named
Rajiv
Chowk
@KiranKS
—
Shankar
Prasad
(@shankarkumble44)
July
28,
2015
A
whatsapp
campaign
asking
for
Aurangzeb
Road
to
be
renamed
APJ
Abdul
Kalam
road
is
gathering
force.
@APJAbdulKalam
does
deserve
the
honour.
—
Ashok
Malik
(@ashokmalik)
July
29,
2015
Dear
@narendramodi
isnt
it
time
now
to
change
name
of
Aurangzeb
Road
to
DR.APJAbdulKalam
Road
in
New
Delhi
.
@ballot2014
—
Capt.SanjayKumar
(@sharsanj)
July
29,
2015
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