Less than a month after the Central government renamed the Khel Ratna after hockey legend Dhyan Chand, the Assam Cabinet has decided to drop former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s name from the Orang National Park. “The decision to restore the original name of Orang National Park was taken following requests from the Adivasi groups in the State,” government spokesperson Pijush Hazarika said after a Cabinet meeting. The Assam Pradesh Congress Committee condemned “such petty attitudes” of the BJP-led government.

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