![7 lok kalyan marg 7 lok kalyan marg](https://assets.telegraphindia.com/telegraph/2021/Jul/1625673991_2021_7img07_jul_2021_pti07_07_2021_000229b.jpg)
![7 lok kalyan marg 7 lok kalyan marg](https://s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/images.asianage.com/images/aa-Cover-0hnkc6bs5qhef5uqi30j1k0oa6-20181005023832.Medi.jpeg)
Sivagiri Pilgrimage is held every year for three days from 30 December to 1 January at Thiruvananthapuram PM Modi inaugurates year-long celebrations of 90th anniversary of Sivagiri pilgrimage, calls for 'Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat' A number of historians had criticised the decision. Last year, the Aurangzeb Road, which is also not far from the Race Course road, was renamed after former president APJ Abdul Kalam. The change of name of Gurudwara Rakabganj round-about to Guru Gobind Singh Chowk is seen as an effort to woo the Sikh community by both BJP and AAP ahead of the Punjab Assembly polls early next year. NDMC chairperson Naresh Kumar said it was a unanimous decision to change the name of the road as Lok Kalyan Marg. Once the notification is issued, the PM's famous residential address 7 Race Course road will be known as 7 Lok Kalyan marg.ĪAP MLA Surinder Singh, also member of the Council, opposed Lekhi's proposal to rename the road as Ekatma Marg.
![7 lok kalyan marg 7 lok kalyan marg](https://img.republicworld.com/republic-prod/stories/promolarge/xhdpi/fx6och9v9glthcjx_1586853965.jpeg)
I suggested that the PM should be consulted on this but the Council members decided that on the basis of suggestions received from public, the road should be renamed as Lok Kalyan Marg," Kejriwal said. "I had proposed renaming of the road after Guru Govind Singh while Lekhi said it should be renamed as Ekatma Marg. In the meeting, Kejriwal proposed to rename the Race Course Road after Guru Gobind Singh, the 10th Sikh Guru, but some members were not convinced. BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi, who is a member of the NDMC Council, had proposed renaming Race Course Road as Ekatma Marg based on the philosophy of the party's ideologue Deendayal Upadhyay but it was not accepted. The NDMC has also decided to rename the Gurudwara Rakabganj round-about adjacent to the Parliament complex as Guru Gobind Singh Chowk following representations from various Sikh organisations.