The chowk sign, with a wrongly spelt name of Shimon Peres
MUMBAI: Despite opposition from some corporators, BMC has named a junction at Kala Ghoda after former Israeli prime minister and Nobel Peace prize laureate Shimon Peres. This is the first time a prominent junction in Mumbai has been named after a foreign dignitary. Samajwadi Party and Congress have opposed it.
BMC recently put up the signboard but SP and Congress had opposed the proposal when it was discussed in 2018, saying that though Peres had been a friend of India, he did not have any specific connection with Mumbai or Maharashtra.