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Renaming Lansdowne to Jaswant Garh will hit tourism: BJP MLA Rawat
short by Ankit Tiwari / on Saturday, 25 April, 2026
BJP leader and Lansdowne MLA Dilip Rawat has written a letter to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to raise objections to ongoing process of renaming Lansdowne Cantonment as "Jaswant Garh". Calling it "extremely regrettable", Rawat warned that the move could "severely damage" the town's standing as a tourist destination. "Locals also wish name of this place shouldn't be changed," he added.
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