Renaming of Rajpath to Kartavya Path 'pure politics', says Shashi Tharoor

The renaming of the historic Rajpath to Kartavya Path was "pure politics" as 'Rajpath' itself is a Hindi word, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said. He also said that he was in favour of renaming of places named after "obscure Brits" and name them after Indians, even as he wondered what rechristening of Bombay, Calcutta, and Madras, really accomplished.