Chennai Central renamed as Puratchi Thalaivar Dr M G Ramachandran Central Railway Station
Julie Mariappan | TNN | Updated: Apr 6, 2019, 09:38 IST
Chennai Central railway stationCHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu government has renamed Chennai Central railway station as Puratchi Thalaivar Dr M G Ramachandran Central Railway Station.
The Railway Board of the ministry of railways has given clearance to change the name on the condition that there should not be any inaugural event in view of the election code of conduct.
“The name of Chennai Central railway station, situated in Chennai, Chennai district, Tamil Nadu, shall be changed as per the following schedule, from the date of issuance of this notification,” chief secretary Girija Vaidyanathan said in an order on Friday. The order has been notified in an extraordinary gazette.
Earlier, on the sidelines of the former chief minister’s centenary celebrations, the AIADMK government had made recommendations to the Centre to change the name of the station.
On March 9, two days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi made an announcement to change the name of the station at a public meeting here, the Union home ministry communicated to the state government its ‘no objection.’
In a communication to the chief secretary on March 26, Railway Board executive director, passenger marketing, Neeraj Sharma, said the election commission had given no objection from model code of conduct angle to the proposal, subject to the conditions.
“No hoardings of the former chief minister along with political leaders of Tamil Nadu shall be displayed on this occasion anywhere till election process is completed,” the official said. No other propaganda shall be undertaken by any political party in print/electronic and any other form of media to derive any political mileage from the remaining of Chennai Central railway station.
Southern Railway general manager in charge of Tamil Nadu and chief electoral officer of Tamil Nadu shall ensure the strict observance and enforcement of the instructions, Sharma said.
The Railway Board of the ministry of railways has given clearance to change the name on the condition that there should not be any inaugural event in view of the election code of conduct.
“The name of Chennai Central railway station, situated in Chennai, Chennai district, Tamil Nadu, shall be changed as per the following schedule, from the date of issuance of this notification,” chief secretary Girija Vaidyanathan said in an order on Friday. The order has been notified in an extraordinary gazette.
Earlier, on the sidelines of the former chief minister’s centenary celebrations, the AIADMK government had made recommendations to the Centre to change the name of the station.
On March 9, two days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi made an announcement to change the name of the station at a public meeting here, the Union home ministry communicated to the state government its ‘no objection.’
In a communication to the chief secretary on March 26, Railway Board executive director, passenger marketing, Neeraj Sharma, said the election commission had given no objection from model code of conduct angle to the proposal, subject to the conditions.
“No hoardings of the former chief minister along with political leaders of Tamil Nadu shall be displayed on this occasion anywhere till election process is completed,” the official said. No other propaganda shall be undertaken by any political party in print/electronic and any other form of media to derive any political mileage from the remaining of Chennai Central railway station.
Southern Railway general manager in charge of Tamil Nadu and chief electoral officer of Tamil Nadu shall ensure the strict observance and enforcement of the instructions, Sharma said.
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