The Uttar Pradesh Assembly on Thursday unanimously adopted two resolutions to name civil airport terminals of Agra and Gorakhpur after BJP ideologue Deen Dayal Upadhaya and Mahayogi Gorakhnath respectively.
Civil Aviation Minister Nand Gopal Gupta Nandi separately tabled both resolutions in the Assembly which were adopted unanimously by the House and passed by voice votes.
The first resolution said that Agra was the third biggest city of State and linked by road and rail to big cities like Delhi, Kanpur, lucknow, Meerut, Haridwar, Dehradun and Jaipur. Agra was also well connected by rail link. Agra also attracts from India and abroad tourists to historical monuments. Deen Dayal Upadhaya was educated in Agra and he was a thinker and philosopher who promoted egalitarian political ideology. His life was devoted to the reconstruction of independent India based on Indian ideas and philosophy and hence the civil terminal of Agra airport be named after Upadhaya, the resolution said.
The second resolution said that Gorakhpur was a famous city of east India and a prominent centre of religion and spirituality and also centre of devotion of saints from Sikh, Buddhist, Muslim and Jain faiths. The city is known by the name of Mahayogi Gorakhnath which is also the headquarter of Nath sect and Gorakhnath temple.
Nandi said that naming the new civil airport terminal after a great personality will boost tourist, trade and development of the region.
leader of Opposition Ram Govind Chaudhary however suggested to the Speaker that both resolutions should have been moved by MlAs from Gorakhpur and Agra, instead of the Minister.