Road rage | Politics of renaming a street in Bengal

The renaming of Suhrawardy Avenue to Gopal Mukherjee Road in Kolkata has sparked political controversy in West Bengal ahead of the 2026 assembly elections. The move reflects the BJP's efforts to reshape historical narratives regarding the 1946 Great Calcutta Killings.
A blue and white metal pole, about 2.5 metres tall, with a freshly painted green coloured signboard stands at the edge of the street leading eastward from Park Circus 7 Point Crossing in Kolkata. Not more than a dozen houses stand on the left side of the street. On the right side is the Park Circus Maidan, which was the epicentre of the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act, protests a few years ago.
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