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| Shah Faesal says 'credit a must where credit is due' amid row over Narendra Modi Stadium | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu, Feb 25: 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.
Lashing out at criticism over naming the stadium at Motera after India's PM, Shah Faesal pointed out that the Left had always celebrated naming institutions after leaders to 'memorialize extraordinary human action'. The former IAS officer remarked that it wasn't the first time a stadium was being named after a personality and claimed that credit should be given where it is due.
Through history, things much bigger than stadia have been named after Communist leaders, such as the erstwhile cities of Leningrad and Stalingrad in Russia. Further, India has a history of naming stadia after politicians, with almost two dozen installations named after the three former Prime Ministers from the Nehru-Gandhi family. |
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