To honour the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and veteran BJP leader, the road leading to the Ram Janmabhoomi Complex in Ayodhya will be named ‘Kalyan Singh Marg,’ according to Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya.
A proposal to name one road in each of Lucknow, Prayagraj, Bulandshahr, and Aligarh after Kalyan Singh will be made, according to Keshav Prasad Maurya.
“Along with Ayodhya, there will be one road each in Lucknow, Prayagraj, Bulandshahr and Aligarh in the name of Ram Bhakt Kalyan Singh. The proposal for this will soon be submitted,” Keshav Prasad Maurya said in an announcement on Monday.
Meanwhile, the last rites of Kalyan Singh will be performed on Monday at Rajghat in Narora of Bulandshahr district with full state honours.
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The development comes after several BJP leaders called for naming the Aligarh airport after Kalyan Singh. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said a Cabinet meeting would soon be held to discuss the matter.
The mortal remains of the BJP leader, which were kept at Ahilya Bai Holkar stadium here, will be taken to his native village Madholi and from there they will be taken at Rajghat in Narora.
Singh died at the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGI) in Lucknow on Saturday night. He was 89.
A two-time Chief Minister (June 1991 to December 1992 and September 1997 to November 1999), Singh also served as Governor of Rajasthan (2014-2019). Singh also held various organisational posts in the BJP, both at the state and central levels.
(With inputs from ANI)