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After Lending His Name to a Stadium, Narendra Modi Joins League of Notorious World Leaders The naming of a stadium after a sitting prime minister is in all likelihood a first in Indiaâs political history, but many parallels can be drawn from authoritarian regimes the world over. Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Motera Stadium in February 2020, during the Namaste Trump event. Photo: Andrea Hanks/The White House, Public Domain World25/Feb/2021 New Delhi: On February 24, President Ramnath Kovind inaugurated what is considered the worldâs largest cricket arena, after refurbishment, in Motera, Ahmedabad. Until Wednesday, the stadium had the name of an illustrious national leader from Gujarat, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. Now, Patel’s name will now be shifted to a new sports enclave in Ahmedabad. ....
The government said the name change involves only the Motera stadium and the sports complex where it is located will continue to be named after Sardar Patel. ....
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Tom Holland or Tom Holland- Who should Twitterati boycott? Author Tom Holland made a sarcastic comment on the renaming of Motera Stadium. However, Indians took offence and boycotted Tom Holland, the Hollywood actor. Remember the time when, in 2015, Snapchat s CEO Evan Spiegel called India a poor country and along with Snapchat Indians uninstalled Snapdeal too? Well, some habits never die as India created a 2021 version of that incident. On February 24, the world s largest stadium, Motera Stadium was renamed as Narendra Modi stadium after India s Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Today, author Tom Holland, who has written books about history, reacted to this news. He took to Twitter and sarcastically wrote, ....
Last Updated: 25th February, 2021 12:20 IST Shah Faesal Says credit A Must Where Credit Is Due Amid Row Over Narendra Modi Stadium Ex-IAS officer Shah Faesal slammed the hue and cry over naming the Motera stadium as Narendra Modi Stadium and noted that credit must be given where it is due Ex-IAS officer Shah Faesal slammed the hue and cry over naming Ahmedabad s Motera stadium as Narendra Modi Stadium and noted that credit must be given where it is due. The massive 132,000-seater that has been built at the spot where the erstwhile Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium used to stand at Motera was christened after PM Modi and is now the world s largest cricket arena as part of a larger Sardar Patel Sports Enclave which Amit Shah claims is capable of hosting the Olympics with just 6 months notice. The stadium was inaugurated by President Kovind and the Home Minister on Wednesday ahead of India s pink-ball Test against England. ....