The Samajwadi Party in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh have shamelessly pandered to the largest minority in the state when it announced its third list for the Uttar Pradesh elections, containing 56 names and in its official list, official list, the party used the district names Allahabad and Faizabad, instead of Prayagraj and Ayodhya.
After the BJP came to power in the state, it changed the names of several places and removed the names given by the Mughals.
In October 2018, the UP government had announced that Allahabad will be renamed Prayagraj, after the Mughals changed the name during the reign of Akbar.
In November 2018, the Yogi Adityanath government renamed Faizabad district in UP to Ayodhya just before the historic Supreme Court verdict on the Ayodhya title suit.
However, the Samajwadi Party under the leadership of Akhilesh Yadav has not come to terms with changing of names of Allahabad and Faizabad to Prayagraj and Ayodhya.
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