Days after the government approved the renaming of Maharashtra`s Aurangabad and Osmanabad as Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar and Dharashiv respectively, the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) on Monday demanded the renaming of Ahmednagar as Ahilya Nagar.

Gopichand Padalkar MLC of BJP talking to ANI raised the demand and said, "Ahmednagar City name must be changed to Ahilya Nagar. Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis have changed the name of Aurangabad and Osmanabad after a demand raised by everyone. Following that people are also demanding of changing the name of Ahmednagar to Ahilya Nagar."