The change of name is really uncalled for and is for the selfish and remote reason. Mr. Prasad is losing his ground in Bihar and trying different ways to be in the news. When he was in charge of Bihar he did all funny things to sabotage the name and reputation of Bihar. This move is just to get admiration of some people and vote bank. Why can't he find some different ways to benefit people? I guess he would go for the options which will flash him in news. Development of Bihar and Bihari people is never his priority. - Manish Kumar - Nov. 15, 2007

This shows that Lalu can do anything for vote bank. When it comes to vote Lalu can even rename his mother for temporary gains. - Ronkin Nasa - Nov. 15, 2007
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Decision to changing name of Gulzarbagh station to Azeemabad is just a political drama but nothing else... Muslims of Bihar have nothing to do with this.. Lalu Yadav is trying to regain support of Muslims but he should remember that during his 15 years of rule in Bihar he has done nothing for the Muslims but making them fools and even his tenure as a Railway Minister, can he point a single move which has benefited Muslims in India or Bihar? Muslim community has enough monument across India, from Taj Mahal to Red Fort, and changing name of one railway station is not going to make any difference in their status.

Apart from this, I would also like to say that those who are opposing this move in the name of religion are from the group of mindless who are always ready to come forward against Muslims without any reason. - Kamal Ashraf, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia - Nov. 15, 2007

Dear Kamal Ashrafji,

I think that Muslims of Bihar think the same way what you think about this renaming of Gulzarbagh.

But why this aggression in the last sentence? I think this was not required. This only leads to deviation from our main concern i.e. to discuss serious matters about Bihar. And I believe this topic is dear to every one of us.

Particularly this web site PatnaDaily and almost all other online groups of Bihar-Jharkhand is free from this disease (a point where we score better than many other states).

Lets not do this please. - Abhay Kumar - Nov. 15, 2007

Rubbish! Why don't you people notice that Gulzarbagh itself is an Urdu (so called Muslim language) word which means a happening place and the word Azeemabad means a place which is of high value and dignity in all means. Is this wrong to say "Azeemabad" for a place where Harmandir Sahib, Patan Devi, Kumhrar, ancient mosque like Patthar ki Masjid etc are located?

Frankly speaking I also don't like people like Mr. Lalu who has given such a bad name to the state but it's really bad to see that some narrow minded people start blaming Muslims for things which are not in our hand. - Meraj Ahmad - Nov. 15, 2007

Dear Abhay Kumar Ji:

I can feel your concern on Mr. Kamal Ashraf comments, but what about the aggression Mr. Nawal Pandey's has shown in his following comments:

"if we were to change the name of Mr. Lalu Prasad Yadav to an Islamic name, what name would be appropriate?"

I think every body should observe that they respect other sentiments at the time of any communication, specially in the Media. - Obaid bin Quasim, Dubai, U.A.E. - Nov. 16, 2007

Dear Mr. Meraj Ahmad:

Gulzarbagh is, like you said, means 'a happening place'. So why not leave it as it is? It is Urdu (as you rightly said) and it depicts the area rather more beautifully than Azeemabad so why change it?

If you are telling us that Lalu's decision to change Gulzarbagh's name from Gulzarbagh to Azeemabad has nothing to do with the Muslim vote banks then sadly you don't know the Lalu mentality. - Arun Kumar - Nov. 16, 2007

Dear Quasim ji

I don’t find any aggression against Muslims as such in Mr. Pandey’s note. He just seems to be stressing on what all Lalu can do for gaining the Muslim vote bank which of late seems to be slipping away from him. Mr. Pandey has obviously not said anything against the Muslim community.

As regards changing the railway station’s name from Gulzarbagh to Azeemabad, it is just another gimmick from Lalu ji and it is highly unlikely that he stands to gain anything out of it. - Rakesh Kumar - Nov. 16, 2007

I request everybody to discuss only serious matters. All unnecessary comments are equally condemnable.

It's a well-known fact how Mr. Lalu Prasad did use votes of certain segments (including Muslims) of Bihar. The same social-groups are repeatedly being lured by him. And then not only they but every Bihari will suffer again. That's what has happened in last 15 years. No hospitals, no schools, no jobs... list is just endless. It should be everybody's concern now to not let Mr. Lalu Prasad do this again. - Abhay Kumar - Nov. 16, 2007

Look, you can't just blame Lalu Yadav alone. It was not Lalu's original idea to change the name, it was rather an elite Muslim group who first approached with the idea of changing the name of Gulzarbagh to Azeemabad, and Lalu took this opportunity to oblige them. These same very elite Muslims, had they gone to Nitish Kumar for something similar, Nitish might have obliged them too to get their vote bank.

These politicians are not much different in seeking vote bank. What is rather concerning is to find these so called elite Muslim groups who don't seem to have something constructive or better to do! Why can't they do better things for improvement of their Muslim brothers such as help poor Muslims get out of the morass of poverty, educate them about the family planning which can provide them a better quality of life, help Muslim women prosper by letting them go out to schools and colleges to get education, ...and list goes on and on...! In my opinion, if these so called elite Muslims are willing to play in the hands of Lalu Yadav and Nitish Kumar by having these politicians fulfill their silly proposals - I really feel sorry for the masses of common Muslims of Bihar. - Ashok Nagar - Nov. 18, 2007

Seriously this one is ridiculous. If in name of secularism some blood-thristy communal ruler like Aurangzeb had to be recognised then Lalus and other psec need to have one close hard look at the bankruptcy of their thought process. - Dr. Anil Kumar - Nov. 19, 2007

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