The main railway station for Chennai city, Chennai Central (MAS) station, is to be named after M G Ramachandran, the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.
This was announced a short while ago in a election rally speech by the Prime Minister, reported on his twitter handle @narendramodi_in
It is not clear when the renaming will be done officially.
The move comes a few days before the Election Commission is expected to announce the schedule for Lok Sabha elections, to be held over April and May 2019. The model code of conduct for political parties will come into force with the announcement.
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