Greater Noida: In the midst of controversy over the alleged disappearance of the word ‘Gurjar’ from the Plaque of Samrat Statue Mihir Bhoj, which was launched by CM in Dadri last week, two crossroads in Amarpur and Kanarsi in Dankaur have been renamed by local.
residents after the 9th century ruler.
In Imliya, a village resident, meanwhile, plans to put a photo of the king to inspire young people.
This intersection changed its name as ‘Gurjar Samrat Mihir Bhoj Chowk’ to show respect to the authorities and the community, said the local villagers said, adding that they would boycott the local BJP leaders if CM did not apologize for the statue path.
It comes to the heel of a Mahapachayat Gurjar where leaders from the community have asked the villagers to boycott BJP and ensure the “respect” of the community “maintained”.
Omveer Singh, a member of the Block Development Committee (BDC) from Amarpur Village, told toi that their village was dominated by Gurjar and community members had decided to rename one intersection as “Gurjar Samrat Mihir Bhoj Previtar Gurjar Chowk”.
“Everyone lives with their identity.
If our identity is gone, what is the use of life.
Our community’s name inspires respect.
So we have installed a board with a new name of the intersection now,” he said.
Omveer added that while some of the King statues were launched in the past, the community degree was maintained.
“But we don’t know what cm thinks when the word ‘Gurjar’ on the statue plaque was brought close per night before the September 22.
The statue was finally launched without prefix.
We feel that our identity is being eradicated.
It is possible that CM did not know about the incident But he also did not refer to the king as the ruler of ‘Gurjar Previtar’, “he said.
In Kanarsi village, meanwhile, one intersection was named after BHOJ on September 23, the day after the CM event.
In Imliya Greater Noida village, residents said they would put a photo of BHOJ at the intersection that had been renamed after him.
“This is a very old Chowk and connects the ashram with school.
We have decided that the photo of Mihir BHOJ will be put in the intersection too,” said Omveer.
In Dankaur, the villagers change the name of Chowks after Mihir BHOJ
