Stationery which has the old name will, however, be first used. That the rechristening has come at a time when the assembly polls are just around the corner February had the opposition BJP accusing the state government of acting with ulterior political motives. But the Congress government is undeterred. Though the party had promised the change of name in its poll manifesto, it has been translated into reality only at the fag end of its tenure, and when fresh elections are approaching.
The demand to rechristen the state as Uttarakhand, the name by which the region is referred to in ancient scriptures, has been there since the days of the birth of Uttaranchal state.
BJP has been saying it was only the Garhwal region which was known as Uttarakhand while the Kumaon region was known as Kurmanchal.
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