Mysuru: Mysuru- Kodagu MP Pratap Simha has written a letter to State Forest Minister Umesh Katti urging him to rename Nagarhole Rajiv Gandhi National Park as Field Marshal K. M. Cariappa National Park.
In the letter he said that the national park is situated in Kodagu and Mysuru districts. Thousands of warriors from the small district of Kodagu are serving in defence forces. The first Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa is also native of Kodagu and is pride of the nation. By renaming the park, we can honour warriors of the district.
He said an online campaign is also going on in this regard. The demand comes after the Himanta Biswa Sarma-led Assam Cabinet decided to rename Rajiv Gandhi National Park on the north bank of the Brahmaputra as Orang National Park. Former Karnataka Chief Minister and Congress Leader Siddaramaiah termed the Assam governments’ decision “foolish”.
Soon after the Modi-led Central Government announced that the country’s highest sporting honour Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna would be renamed after hockey wizard Major Dhyan Chand, an online petition urging the government to change the name of the park in Kodagu was created.
