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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Mulls Renaming Mustafabad village in Lakhimpur Kheri district as ‘Kabirdham’
Adityanath said his government was now spending funds on reviving sites with religious and cultural significance as opposed to previous regimes “constructing boundary walls of ‘kabristan'”.
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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has said his government will move a proposal to rename Mustafabad village in Lakhimpur Kheri district as ‘Kabirdham’, asserting that the change would restore the area’s historical and cultural identity linked with Sant Kabir.
He said the name change was in line with previous such decisions by his government to “restore” the names of places changed by erstwhile rulers.
Addressing a gathering during the “Smriti Mahotsav Mela 2025” as reported by news agency PTI , Adityanath said his government was now spending funds on reviving sites with religious and cultural significance as opposed to previous regimes “constructing boundary walls of ‘kabristan'”.
Attacking the Opposition, he said that changing the identity of a place in the name of secularism was “hypocrisy” and added that “the era of erasing heritage under the pretext of secularism has ended”.
Speaking at the event, the CM said he was surprised to learn that the village was named Mustafabad despite having no Muslim population.
“When I came here I asked about this village, I was told its name is Mustafabad. I asked how many Muslims live here, and I was told there are none. Then I said the name should be changed. It should be called Kabirdham,” he told the audience.
The CM added that his government would seek a formal proposal for the name change and take the necessary administrative steps.
“We will bring the proposal and take it forward. This is about restoring the honour of a place associated with Sant Kabir’s legacy,” he said.
Adityanath compared this with the renaming initiatives undertaken by his government in recent years.
“Those who ruled earlier renamed Ayodhya as Faizabad, Prayagraj as Allahabad, and Kabirdham as Mustafabad. Our government is reversing that — restoring Ayodhya, restoring Prayagraj, and now reviving Kabirdham to its rightful name,” he said.