Mysore: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Pratap Simha has written to Karnataka Forest Minister Umesh V Katti requesting him to rename Rajiv Gandhi Nagarhole National Park as FM KM Cariappa Nagarhole National Park and Tiger Reserve. them while serving in the Indian Army”.
The BJP MP has said in his letter that three of India’s 103 national parks, including the Nagarhole National Park and the Tiger Reserve, have been named after former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
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“Furthermore, many other national parks in the country bear the names of the Nehru-Gandhi family, an attempt to legitimize the wrongdoing of the Government of India’s projects aimed at preserving wildlife, with the primary objective of saving the flora and fauna. Biodiversity is conservation and restoration of fauna and natural ecological balance,” he said.
The BJP MP further said that “An online campaign has been started by the citizens of Kodagu district to name the Nagarhole Tiger Reserve after the illustrious son of the soil, Field Marshal KM Cariappa, who is the first Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army. “.
“Credit to FM Cariappa for laying the foundation for transforming the Indian Army into one of the most disciplined and battle-hardened units to ensure national security and national integration, defend the nation from external aggression and internal threats, and maintain peace. are given. Security within its borders,” he said.
Simha further said, “Kodagu has the rare distinction of having 20 serving major generals and four air marshals, which undoubtedly makes Kodagu the land of generals”.
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“The district has its own war memorial with the names of all the martyred soldiers of Kodagu. A museum was recently inaugurated in Madikeri in the name of former Army Chief General Thimayya, and the Kodava legacy in the Army does not end soon,” he added in the letter.
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