India Will Be Declared 'Akhand Hindu Rashtra' By 2026, Says Suspended BJP Leader T Raja Singh

While speaking at the programme, Singh said the names of Ahmednagar and Hyderabad (capital of Telangana) cities will be changed to Ahilyabainagar and Bhagyanagar, respectively.

T. Raja Singh, a suspended BJP leader, has stated that India will be declared as "Akhand Hindu Rashtra" by 2026. ( Image Source :ANI )

New Delhi: Suspended Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader T Raja Singh recently said India will be declared as "Akhand Hindu Rashtra" by 2026. He also said that the names of Ahmednagar and Hyderabad (capital city of Telangana) cities will be changed to Ahilyabainagar and Bhagyanagar, respectively.

"Hindus are demanding the country be made an 'Akhand Hindu Rashtra'," he said while speaking at an event at Rahata in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar, reported PTI. "If there can be more than 50 Islamic countries and more than 150 Christian nations, why can't India be declared a Hindu Rashtra given that Hindus constitute a majority of its 100 million people?" 

The Goshamahal MLA, who was suspended from the party last year, also said: "Come what may, in 2025 and 2026, India will be declared as 'Akhand Hindu Rashtra'. I am not saying this, this is the roar of all sadhus and sants and it is their prophecy."

He further stated that renaming Aurangabad and Osmanabad cities in Maharashtra is just the beginning. 

Recently, the central government approved the renaming of Aurangabad city as 'Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar' and that of Osmanabad city as 'Dharashiv'.

"Some people are pained by the renaming of Aurangabad and Osmanabad cities. I would like to tell these people this is just the beginning as the renaming of Ahmednagar will also happen. It will be renamed as Ahilyabainagar and the name, Ahmednagar, will be erased," he said, adding that Hyderabad will also be renamed as Bhagyanagar.

Taking a dig at AIMIM MP Imtiaz Jalil, who has been opposing the renaming of Aurangabad city, Singh said some people say they were born in Aurangabad and they will die in Aurangabad. 

"I would like to tell them that even if you were born in Aurangabad, you will have to die in Sambhajinagar. You will die in Hindu Rashtra. Come what may, the (new) name will not be changed as Hindus have risen," he added. 

(With PTI inputs)