“Only if Hyderabad becomes ‘Bhagyanagar’ can the city be on the road to ‘vikas’ (development),” Adityanath said, while addressing a public meeting in the capital of southern Telangana state on November 29. Speaking at the Old City area after a two-hour-long roadshow, the UP chief minister declared that if the BJP was elected to power, it would change the name of the city to Bhagyanagar. “People often ask me if Hyderabad can be renamed Bhagyanagar. The city has a history of battles, riots and bomb blasts that have often divided communities who live in it. But governments in charge of the city also managed to move past these conflicts to script a different story: Hyderabad as a software and education hub, Hyderabad as a modern, progressive city.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 13, 2020 14:03 UTC