Delhi govt will not change or rename Signature Bridge: CM

NEW DELHI: Delhi government will not change the name of the Signature Bridge and name it in the name of former CM Sheila Dikshit. CM Arvind Kejriwal urged the Delhi Congress to not "politicise" the issue as the Congress wrote a letter on Monday urging him to change the name of the signature bridge.

"People know the bridge in the name of Signature Bridge. We do not want to change the name and I will request the Congress to not politicize the issue," said CM Kejriwal.

The Delhi Congress on Monday wrote to chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, requesting the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government to name Signature Bridge after three-time former chief minister Sheila Dikshit, who died this month. In the letter, Delhi Congress spokesperson Jitender Kochar said the iconic Signature Bridge was Dikshit's gift to the national capital and it should be renamed after her.

He said during her 15-year tenure as CM, Dikshit had undertaken several development and infrastructure projects for the city. Her term, he said, was "exemplary in the context of the history of the city and the entire country".

"Signature Bridge is a big gift to the city by Dikshit. Its construction started during her tenure and the iconic design is her contribution to the project. It took a lot of time to build it but it is complete now. I appeal to you to rename the bridge after the former chief minister," Kochar said in the letter.