The Congress Party in Madhya Pradesh wants to change the names of some villages, hamlets and schools. They think these places have names that are based on people’s castes and that these names make it harder for everyone to feel equal. They gave a letter to the Chief Minister saying this is a problem.
The party believes these old names make prejudice and division stronger. They said keeping those names means that society is not really equal because some names come from a history of putting some groups over others. They think changing the names will help build a more respectful community for everyone.
A party leader says the government seems to only focus on changing names with Urdu origins, but ignores the caste based names. So the party is pushing the government to fix this type of discrimination too. They see it as a way to deal with an issue they believe goes against fairness.