Medha Kulkarni, a BJP member and Rajya Sabha MP from Maharashtra, has urged that Pune Station be renamed after Shrimant Thorle Bajirao Peshwa, the seventh Peshwa of the Maratha Empire. 

Kulkarni also criticised Pune’s inadequate railway infrastructure, calling for urgent upgrades to reflect the city’s status as a prominent educational and IT hub, reported news agency ANI. 

Kulkarni raised her demands, saying, "There are a few demands regarding the Pune railway station... Pune is considered the educational and IT hub. Despite being a city of such importance, the current situation of the station is very miserable; it should be improved," reported news agency ANI.