are meant for development of the Taj Mahal and Taj Mahal region," the UP Information Department said in a press release.

Tourism Minister Rita Bahuguna Joshi, a former Congress Party leader who joined the BJP ahead of the Assembly election, said, "How can anyone in the tourism sector ignore the Taj Mahal, one of the big tourist attractions in the country?"

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, however, is not a fan of the 17th century marble mausoleum made by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his wife, Mumtaz Mahal, known the world over as the "monument of love."

In June, Adityanath said that the Taj Mahal did not reflect Indian culture. "Foreign dignitaries visiting the country used to be gifted replicas of the Taj Mahal and other minarets which did notreflect Indian culture," he said.

In August, the Modi government at the Centre approved the Adityanath government's proposal to rename the Mughalsarai railway station in Uttar Pradesh after the Bharatiya Jana Sangh leader Pandit Deendayal Upadhayay, who also served the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the ideological parent of the BJP.

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