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Centre approves proposal to rename Mughalsarai railway station after Deen Dayal Upadhyaya

Centre today approved a proposal to rename the Mughalsarai railway station in Uttar Pradesh after BJP ideologue Deen Dayal Upadhyaya. Official sources said, the Home Ministry has cleared<br/>the proposal. <br/><br/>Earlier, Uttar Pradesh government had sent a proposal in this regard to revive the legacy of Upadhyaya. He was found dead under mysterious circumstances on a platform of Mughalsarai in 1968. The junction is located on the main Howrah-Delhi rail line.<br/><br/>Mughalsarai is also the birthplace of former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri.<br/><br/>The move led to an uproar in Parliament after several MPs protested against renaming the junction after Upadhyay.

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