Overview
- Nizamabad MP Arvind Dharmapuri said a resolution to change the name to Indur would be taken up at the first general body meeting of the Municipal Corporation and then sent to the Chief Minister’s Office.
- He asserted that Indur was the original name and argued that restoring it would support the area’s development.
- Telangana BJP chief Ramchander Rao said the party stands with Arvind and signaled similar changes could be sought for other places linked to the Nizam period.
- Congress leader Hanumanth Rao criticized the proposal as unnecessary and divisive, warning of possible law-and-order problems and future demands to rename landmarks like Charminar or Osmania University.
- Arvind tied the proposal to upcoming civic polls, expressing confidence of winning a majority and the mayor’s post, while the change remains a political declaration requiring municipal and state approvals.