The BJP turned the tables on the Congress after the latter accused it of dropping ‘Nehru’ from the name of the Science Centre station on the newly opened Mumbai Metro Aqua Line 3. While Congress alleged the BJP was allergic to the name of India’s first Prime Minister, the BJP hit back, claiming that in 2013, when Congress was in power, the station name was mentioned as ‘Science Museum’ instead of Nehru Science Centre in the government gazette.

Sachin Sawant, a Congress leader from Maharashtra, took to X on Monday to point out that the Metro station near the iconic Nehru Science Centre was named Science Centre. “BJP seems to have an allergy to the name Nehru. The omission of the late Prime Minister's name from the station is an insult to a personality who played a key role in shaping India’s modern outlook,” Sawant added, demanding a rectification at the earliest.