A public interest litigation (PIL) was filed on Wednesday in the Bombay High Court challenging the current Maharashtra government’s decision to change the name of Aurangabad to Sambhajinagar.
The PIL has been filed by residents of Aurangabad Mohammed Mushtaq Ahmed, Annasaheb Khandare and Rajesh More and alleges, “the purpose behind changing the name of Aurangabad is to spread hatred among the community towards Muslims so as to gain political advantage.”
On June 29, the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government led by former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had changed the name of Aurangabad to Sambhajinagar and next day when the new CM Eknath Shinde was sworn in, the name of the city was changed to Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar.
