After Lending His Name to a Stadium, Narendra Modi Joins League of Notorious World Leaders
The naming of a stadium after a sitting prime minister is in all likelihood a first in Indiaâs political history, but many parallels can be drawn from authoritarian regimes the world over.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Motera Stadium in February 2020, during the Namaste Trump event. Photo: Andrea Hanks/The White House, Public Domain
World25/Feb/2021
New Delhi: On February 24, President Ramnath Kovind inaugurated what is considered the worldâs largest cricket arena, after refurbishment, in Motera, Ahmedabad.
Until Wednesday, the stadium had the name of an illustrious national leader from Gujarat, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. Now, Patel’s name will now be shifted to a new sports enclave in Ahmedabad.