Former Israeli prime minister and Nobel laureate Shimon Peres (Photo credit: @PresidentPeres)
MUMBAI: Despite opposition from a section of corporators, the BMC has named a junction in Kala Ghoda after former Israeli prime minister and Nobel peace prize laureate Shimon Peres. This is the first time that a prominent junction in Mumbai has been named after a foreign dignitary. The naming of the chowk after Peres has led to a fresh controversy with the SP and the Congress opposing the naming.
The BMC recently put up a street sign board at the junction which read, ‘Shimon Peres Chowk’ in Kala Ghoda. The Samajwadi Party and the Congress had opposed the proposal when it was discussed in 2018 saying though Peres had been a friend of India, he didn’t have any specific connection with Mumbai or Maharashtra.