Mumbai square, named after ex-Israeli PM Shimon Peres, sparks row
IANS / Updated: Feb 13, 2021, 15:21 IST
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For the first time, a prominent junction in south Mumbai has been named after a foreign dignitary, but it sparked off a political row among various parties in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (
BMC).
Shimon Peres Chowk after the late Israel President and two-time Prime Minister
Shimon Peres (1923-2016), who was also the joint winner of the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize along with Yasir Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin. However, the square, renamed without fanfare around 4 months ago, ostensibly owing to the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown restrictions, has now led to a civic political fracas.