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JABALPUR: Local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of Parliament Rakesh Singh on Monday sought renaming of the more than 150-year-old Jabalpur railway station after Rani Durgavati, a revered tribal queen of the erstwhile Gondwana kingdom. Singh, whose move is being seen as an attempt to woo tribals ahead of the year-end Assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh, said he has held talks with senior Railway officials over the renaming issue and will study the entire procedure before submitting a formal proposal to authorities.
In 2021, the Habibganj railway station in state capital Bhopal was renamed after Rani Kamlapati. A much respected figure for the tribal Gond community, Rani Kamlapati was the last Hindu queen of the Bhopal region. The Jabalpur revenue division, having eight districts, has several tribal-reserved seats, where the Congress had put up a good show in the 2018 Assembly polls.
“I had a talk with top officials of the West Central Railway over renaming Jabalpur station after Rani Durgavati,” Singh said. The Member of Parliament, who is also the BJP chief whip in the Lok Sabha, was talking to reporters after holding talks with the WCR General Manager and Jabalpur Railway Divisional Manager.
“Rani Durgavati was our ancestor. We should feel proud and privileged to be a part of the place where Rani Durgavati lived. Her governance and water management and heroism had been unique. Keeping in mind sentiments of the people of Jabalpur, Jabalpur station should be renamed after her,” he said.
