UP government has officially changed the name of Allahabad district to Prayagraj. This decision came after Yogi Adityanath met the members of Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad, an organization of Hindu Sants and Sadhus. According to them, the city was renamed in 1580 by Mughal Emperor, Akbar, from Prayag. They further pointed out that, historically, Allahabad originated from the word Allah (God), and thus, it famously became Allah-bad.
The institutes and the universities that are named after the city will also be renamed.
As UP government needs to alter a lot of other things to bring their state on the path of progress, thus, changing the name seemed like a useless move to many. And when the government does such pointless things, Twitterati have a field day.
Some people are criticizing his name-game, while the rest are predicting who else can Yogiji play this name-game with.
Though politicians don’t do things that benefit us, they at least make us laugh. Here are the 14 best memes that you will find on the internet:
From Gayle to Goyal
Seriously this is epic 😂😂
Plzzzz Rt pic.twitter.com/44UBFgIjPE
— 🇮🇳🇮🇳 अमित हिन्दुस्तानी 🇮🇳🇮🇳 (@BeingAmit1996) October 19, 2018
It couldn’t have been better
From an actress to a Devi
Kya Kim devi ke kabhi darshan honge?
He is an easy target, always
Here’s the #JethaLal version of #AajSeTumharaNaam;#Tmkoc 😂😂 #memesdaily #Memes #TaarakMehtaKaOoltahChashmah #YogiAdityanath@TMKOC_NTF 😋😋 pic.twitter.com/1ugnN9sIqW
— Anshu Sinha (@SinhaTweet) October 19, 2018
What’s in a name?
After Allahabad’s name changed to#Prayagraj pic.twitter.com/7z8Ciap8wG
— ASHUTOSH MISHRA (@ashu3page) October 16, 2018
Let it be blank
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Complete the sentence.
1. Renaming #Allahabad to #Prayagraj will solve the problem of …………………………..
— Faye DSouza (@fayedsouza) October 16, 2018
Can you feel the difference?
#Prayagraj
BEFORE AFTER pic.twitter.com/MPMRR3dKEx— MA in Entire Pol. Science 🍄 (@Mushroom_Ka_Dad) October 17, 2018
You just can’t mess with him
And the best one #AajSeTumharaNaam pic.twitter.com/2E6GCnOGhT
— सुशांत तिवारी (@sushanttewari) October 19, 2018
Yogi knows it all
Arun Jaitley: Rupee is really doing bad. What should we do?
Yogi Adityanath: Rupee ka naam badal kar Dollar rakh dete hai.#AajSeTumharaNaam
— I can cross ua Mind (@rehansaif8) October 20, 2018
Oh! Poor Hasan
this one bestest of all#AajSeTumharaNaam pic.twitter.com/Khwas5Dl1B
— Alt Chronicle (@alt_chronicle) October 19, 2018
Let the truth be told
Friend – you know what ‘ALLAHABAD’ is renamed as ‘ PRAYAGRAJ’
Me-#Allahabad for life pic.twitter.com/pcWVZCxXNz— themishaagrawalshow (@misha_agrawal) October 17, 2018
Name it at your own risk
If renaming places is any solution, let’s rename Lovely University as Stanford University Jalandhar #Prayagraj
— Sumeet Gill (@TheSumeetGill) October 16, 2018
All ‘bad’ things are happening
#Allahabad name changed to #Prayagraj
Ahmedabad & Hyderabad very worried.
— Atul Khatri (@one_by_two) October 16, 2018