Background:
- Barddhaman Junction is a railway junction station under Eastern Railway in Purba Bardhaman district of West Bengal.
- The controversy erupted recently after the Union Minister of State for Home had said the station would be renamed after freedom fighter Batukeshwar Dutt.
Procedure to change name of Railway station:
- As per the existing guidelines, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, alone is the competent authority to approve change in the name of a railway station on Indian Railways.
- It does so on the recommendation of the State Government concerned after obtaining No Objection Certificate (NOC) from Ministry of Railways, Ministry of Science & Technology, Surveyor General of India and Department of Post.
