By Admin 
Bhopal Municipal Corporation President Kishan Suryavanshi has once again written a letter to Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, giving air to the politics of changing the name. He has demanded that the names of the prestigious institutions of Bhopal, Hamidia College, Hamidia Hospital and Hamidia School be changed.
Suryavanshi says that these institutions should be named after the nationalists of India, such as the recent CM Rise School was named ‘Sandipani Vidyalaya’.
Serious allegations against Nawab
Kishan Suryavanshi made serious allegations against Hamidullah Khan, the last Nawab of the princely state of Bhopal and said that he did not allow the princely state of Bhopal to merge with India for two years after independence. Suryavanshi claimed that the Nawab wanted to go to Pakistan and become the wazir there.
He also alleged that the post master who hoisted the tricolor on Independence Day was sent to jail by the Nawab. Apart from this, he also said that 6 freedom fighters were shot during the merger movement, but they did not allow the tricolor to fall.
Congress’s sharp reversal
The Congress has strongly opposed this demand. Congress spokesperson Abbas Hafiz, taking a dig at the BJP and Municipal Corporation president, said that the BJP is giving posts to such people who are distorting history.
Hafiz said that Nawab Hamidullah Khan had peacefully compromised the Government of India and merged Bhopal. He never went to Pakistan, nor did the Government of India declare him an enemy at any level.
Hafiz accused the BJP of communal politics and said that all this is an attempt to divert attention from the real issues of the people. He questioned that when the Government of India never objected to the name of Hamidia institutions, then why this dispute now?
Explain that the name of any historical or public institution is not only under the jurisdiction of the Municipal Corporation. For this, approval of the state government or central government is necessary. Such changes are possible only under the rules and notifications passed by Parliament.
Political stir in Bhopal has intensified in the demand for changing the names of Hamidia institutions. While the BJP seems to be in favor of changing the name on the nationalist basis, the Congress is calling it a divisive politics. At present, no official statement has come from the state government.