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Central renamed 1 mth after PM’s vow
EC Gives ‘No Objection’ With Riders
Julie.Mariappan@timesgroup.com
Chennai:07.04.2019
Within three days of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement to rename Central railway station after former chief minister M G Ramachandran in his first election rally after striking an alliance with AIADMK, the Union government commenced its action to swiftly clear the proposal. The election commission gave the nod with some riders though: No propaganda shall be undertaken by any party to derive any political mileage from the move and no event shall be organised for renaming the station.
Following clearances from the Centre, Tamil Nadu government on Friday renamed Chennai railway station as Puratchi Thalaivar Dr M G Ramachandran Central Railway Station. “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 her order, which has been notified in an extraordinary gazette. The state cabinet had passed a resolution in September last year, recommending the Centre to rename the station on the sidelines of the former chief minister’s centenary celebrations.
Wasting no time, the Union home ministry headed by Rajnath Singh communicated its ‘no objection’ to the change of name on March 9. The Railway Board under Piyush Goyal’s ministry received the election commission’s clearance on March 20, within less than a week of its request. In a communication to the chief secretary on March 26, a copy of which is available with TOI, Railway Board executive director passenger marketing, Neeraj Sharma, conveyed the election commission’s “no objection”, exempting it from the purview of the model code of conduct. However, it came with some conditions.
One of the conditions is that, “There shall be no inaugural function in which political parties are invited either by the ministry and or by the Tamil Nadu government.” No hoardings of the former chief minister along with political leaders of Tamil Nadu shall be displayed on this occasion anywhere till the election process is completed was another condition. Yet another condition was: 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 renaming of the station. Southern Railway general manager in charge of Tamil Nadu and chief electoral officer of Tamil Nadu shall ensure strict observance/enforcement of the instructions.
Modi, while participating in the election rally at Kilambakkam on March 6, announced the decision to rename the station.
Puratchi Thalaivar Dr M G Ramachandran Central Railway Station
Central renamed 1 mth after PM’s vow
EC Gives ‘No Objection’ With Riders
Julie.Mariappan@timesgroup.com
Chennai:07.04.2019
Within three days of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement to rename Central railway station after former chief minister M G Ramachandran in his first election rally after striking an alliance with AIADMK, the Union government commenced its action to swiftly clear the proposal. The election commission gave the nod with some riders though: No propaganda shall be undertaken by any party to derive any political mileage from the move and no event shall be organised for renaming the station.
Following clearances from the Centre, Tamil Nadu government on Friday renamed Chennai railway station as Puratchi Thalaivar Dr M G Ramachandran Central Railway Station. “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 her order, which has been notified in an extraordinary gazette. The state cabinet had passed a resolution in September last year, recommending the Centre to rename the station on the sidelines of the former chief minister’s centenary celebrations.
Wasting no time, the Union home ministry headed by Rajnath Singh communicated its ‘no objection’ to the change of name on March 9. The Railway Board under Piyush Goyal’s ministry received the election commission’s clearance on March 20, within less than a week of its request. In a communication to the chief secretary on March 26, a copy of which is available with TOI, Railway Board executive director passenger marketing, Neeraj Sharma, conveyed the election commission’s “no objection”, exempting it from the purview of the model code of conduct. However, it came with some conditions.
One of the conditions is that, “There shall be no inaugural function in which political parties are invited either by the ministry and or by the Tamil Nadu government.” No hoardings of the former chief minister along with political leaders of Tamil Nadu shall be displayed on this occasion anywhere till the election process is completed was another condition. Yet another condition was: 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 renaming of the station. Southern Railway general manager in charge of Tamil Nadu and chief electoral officer of Tamil Nadu shall ensure strict observance/enforcement of the instructions.
Modi, while participating in the election rally at Kilambakkam on March 6, announced the decision to rename the station.
Puratchi Thalaivar Dr M G Ramachandran Central Railway Station
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