The Bihar government has decided to remove the name of Sanjay Gandhi from two state-run institutions in Patna, officials said on Wednesday.
At a Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary, the government approved renaming the Sanjay Gandhi Biological Park as ‘Patna Zoo’ and the Sanjay Gandhi Institute of Dairy Technology as ‘Bihar State Institute of Dairy Technology’.
The zoological park, located on Bailey Road in the state capital, was originally named after Sanjay Gandhi, son of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, and has been open to the public since 1973.
Officials said the renaming is part of the state government’s administrative decision, though no further details were immediately provided.
