Uttar Pradesh: CM Yogi Adityanath renamed Faizabad Railway station as Ayodhya Cantt.

The Chief Minister Office of Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, through its Social media platforms, informed that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has changed the name of Faizabad Railway station and it is renamed as Ayodhya Cantt.

#UPCM श्री @myogiadityanath जी ने फैजाबाद रेलवे जंक्शन का नाम "अयोध्या कैन्ट" करने का निर्णय लिया है। @spgoyal@sanjaychapps1@74_alok pic.twitter.com/P8qg4Gc2P3

— CM Office, GoUP (@CMOfficeUP) October 23, 2021

Earlier, in 2018, the state government has approved the renaming of Allahabad and Faizabad divisions as Prayagraj and Ayodhya respectively. The Prayagraj division includes Prayagraj, Kaushambi, Fatehpur and Pratapgarh districts while the Ayodhya division is comprises of Ayodhya, Ambedkarnagar, Sultanpur, Amethi and Barabanki districts.

The Jhansi Railway station was also renamed recently by the UP government after Rani Laxmi Bai. The state government had also received criticism for changing the names of key divisions, districts and railway stations but the government justified the acts by describing them as restoration of older names and corrections of historical distortions.