India’s first mangrove park, which has been constructed at Gorai in Mumbai’s western suburbs and has been awaiting opening for nearly a year, is set to be named after former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

The move aligns with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) plan to name institutions and public spaces after veteran right-wing leaders following the party’s victory in the civic elections earlier this year.

The BJP-led Mahayuti administration of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation had proposed naming a public park after Madhav Sadashiv Golwalkar, the second chief of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), and a traffic junction after George Fernandes .…