Subramanian Swamy. (File photo)

AHMEDABAD: The long-standing debate over renaming the city of Ahmedabad as Karnavati, was once again triggered by Subramanian Swamy , the member of parliament – Rajya Sabha , as he begun his address at the two-day Youth Parliament, organized at Karnavati University, on Sunday. While referring to the name of the university, Swamy said, the city of Ahmedabad should have been named Karnavati too.

“Ahmedabad’s name should also have been Karnavati. Several years ago, the then chief minister had once written to the then prime minister, that the name of Ahmedabad should be changed to Karnavati. At that time, the then PM had refused. However, the same chief minister is now the country’s prime minister, and therefore, he should make this change immediately,” said Swamy.

Swamy along with Sam Pitroda , the father of Indian Telecom Revolution, Dr Kiran Bedi , Lt. governor of Pudducherry, and Meenakshi Natrajan, former Lok Sabha MP, were present at a discussion on ‘Employment and Entrepreneurship.’

Encouraging the youngsters to take to entrepreneurship and innovation, Swamy said “In the system of education today, when we speak of entrepreneurship, we have to educate youth in a way that we give way to their curiosity. This will give rise to the quest for innovation. We must give our youth the goal to not just get employed, but generate employment for others.”

Further encouraging the youth, he said, “We must encourage the youth to take calculated risks and not fear failures. This is how we can encourage them to innovate.”

