New Delhi: BJP MLA from from Laxmi Nagar, Abhay Verma on Tuesday in the Delhi Assembly demanded renaming of the Laxmi Nagar Metro station as “Shakarpur-Laxmi Nagar”.

BJP MLA from Ghonda, Ajay Mahawar also demanded changing the name of Babarpur. “This assembly constituency should be renamed after former President and great scientist Dr APJ Abdul Kalam. To name an assembly constituency after an invader like Babur is a symbol of slavery,” said Mahawar.

In Delhi Assembly, BJP MLA from Laxmi Nagar, Abhay Verma demands renaming of Laxmi Nagar metro station as “Shakarpur-Laxmi Nagar” metro station

— ANI (@ANI) January 4, 2022

Earlier on Monday, the Delhi Assembly unanimously passed a resolution that a committee would be formed to resolve stray cattle menace in the national capital.

The two-day session of Delhi Legislative Assembly began January 3 in the Assembly Hall of Delhi Vidhan Sabha at Old Secretariat.