Bangalore, Sept 7: Karnataka CM H D Kumaraswamy announced in Gulbarga that Union home ministry had sent him a letter approving renaming 12 cities barring Belgaum on Aug 20. But sources in the Centre claim that the file is still pending with the Union government.

The idea of renaming of cities which was first conceived in Dec 2005 will have to wait for some more time and not happen within a week as claimed by the CM.

"The file was sent to the Centre six months ago and once the clearance comes, the names have to be gazetted and a copy of the notification sent to the Centre," the sources said to the media.

Enquiries with the Union Home Ministry elicited a similar response.

Sources said the Centre had laid down guidelines for renaming places such as names should not hurt the sentiments of people, have political overtones or be already in use in some other state.

Asked about his assurance, CM said on Thursday that Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil had committed to him on approving the renaming with a request not to insist on Belgaum.



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