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SC to hear plea against renaming of Aurangabad on Friday: Petitioner

SC to hear plea against renaming of Aurangabad on Friday: Petitioner

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Aug 8 (UNI) A petition questioning the naming of Aurangabad to Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar in Maharashtra is likely to be heard by the Supreme Court on Friday, a petitioner said on Thursday.
Mushtaq Ahmed of the Maharashtra Anti-Name Change Action Committee said a confusion has been created by the publication of news spreading rumours that the petition in Aurangabad name-change matter has been rejected.
He also demanded from the Maharashtra government that an impartial inquiry into the Vishalgad violence should be conducted under the chairmanship of a retired judge.

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