“They only want to change it because Ramnagar has ‘Ram’ in its name,” he said. Only the Congress government can do this. We cannot accept this,” said former Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister C.N. Ashwath Narayan said.

He said that the step to change the name was taken by Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Had started. Shivakumar. “He will never develop Ramanagara district. He has also shifted the medical college to his native Kanakapura. People will not accept it,” the former chief minister said.

Nikhil Kumaraswamy, Union Heavy Industries and Steel Minister H.D. Is the son of. Kumaraswamy also questioned the "hidden agenda" behind changing the name of Ramanagara. He said, “It is no secret as to whose appeasement this name change is being done.”

He said it was part of a "conspiracy" to make the district a "paradise for the real estate mafia".

“Appeasing some people is another aspect. “There is a conspiracy to snatch away the identity of Ramnagar district, which has got a special place in the state politics,” he said.

On Tuesday, Deputy Chief Minister D.K. A delegation led by Shivakumar met Chief Minister Siddaramaiah at Vidhana Soudha and demanded the creation of a new Bengaluru South district by merging five taluks around Bengaluru.

The delegation also urged the government to rename Ramanagara district as Bengaluru South District with Ramanagara city as its headquarters.

"Our aim is to extend the benefits of Bengaluru's global city status to the people of Ramanagara, Magadi, Kanakapura, Channapatna and Harohalli taluks located near Bengaluru city," Deputy Chief Minister Shivakumar said after the meeting. Chief Minister.

Ramanagara district was initially named as H.D. Was approved by. Kumaraswamy.