An issue erupted over the naming of a metro station in Agra even because the Agra Metro undertaking is at present within the first section of its building.

Lately, throughout the go to of Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya, some folks, together with the Agra MLA GS Dharmesh, proposed to call the metro station close to Jama Masjid as ‘Baba Mankameshwar Nath Station’ as a substitute of ‘Jama Masjid station’ -- because the centuries-old Mankameshwar Temple was positioned in the identical space.

KP Maurya then assured the BJP staff that the authorities would look into the difficulty.

Bhartiya Muslim Vikas Parishad chairman Sami Aghai mentioned that the Jama Masjid is the biggest mosque within the Agra area. “The UP Metro Rail Company should have thought one thing whereas naming the station. Nonetheless, some persons are unnecessarily making a dispute over the title, which ought to be discouraged and the title of the station shouldn't be modified,” he mentioned.

Talking to Indiatoday.in, Yogesh Puri, the mahant of Mankameshwar Temple mentioned, “The station ought to be named Mankameshwar Nath Station as Agra is surrounded by Shiva temples and the Mankameshwar Nath Temple is on the centre of Agra. The metro station ought to be named after the temple and there shouldn't be any politics over this,” Puri mentioned.

Nonetheless, a UP Metro Rail Company official mentioned that the naming of the stations is determined by the Metro Station Committee and the station's title is but to be ascertained.

Jama Masjid was constructed within the reign of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, by his sister Jahan Aara, within the reminiscence of her father, Shahjahan.

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