Maharashtra: The decision to change the names of Aurangabad and Osmanabad was taken in the last cabinet meeting of the previous Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government chaired by then Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on June 29, 2022, just before its resignation.
Maharashtra govt issues notification on change of names of Aurangabad, Osmanabad districts
he decision to rename Aurangabad and Osmanabad was taken in the last cabinet meeting of the previous Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government chaired by then Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on June 29, 2022, just before its resignation. However, CM Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who took oath a day later, had said that the Thackeray-led government’s decision to rename these places was illegal as it took the decision after the Governor asked it to prove majority in the state assembly. Is.
In July last year, the Shinde government had given cabinet approval to change the names of Aurangabad and Osmanabad cities to Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar and Dharashiv respectively. In the last cabinet meeting of the MVA government, the name of Aurangabad was changed to Sambhajinagar, but the Shinde government added the word ‘Chhatrapati’ to it.
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