'BJP should change Amit Shah's name because of its Persian origin'

Agra | Sunday | 11th November, 2018

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"His surname 'Shah' is of Persian origin and not of Gujarati," he said.The 87-year-old Aligarh Muslim University professor emeritus added, "Even the term Gujarat itself is of Persian origin. Agra city is the biggest home to the Agrawal community and they are the followers of Maharaja Agrasen, who once ruled Agravan. Just like the neighbouring country Pakistan where everything that is not Islamic has been removed, BJP and right-wing supporters want to change things which are non-Hindu, particularly of Islamic origin. "Habib said, "The BJP governments' renaming spree is very much in line with the RSS's Hindutva policy. "Since the government is changing Muslim names, so it should also rename its Muslim leaders..