This is where the nature of the congress party comes out. I pity Mr.Pawar who gives preference to attending ICC meetings rather than to people who are suffering without rains, for suggesting Rajiv's name. I am not against naming this against Rajiv Gandhi. They have already named so many land marks against him. There are so many people and many former prime ministers who sacrificed their lifes for this country. why are they not even being considered? And this congress party which slammed Mayawati for building statues, names each and every landmark in India against Rajiv and Indira. If they continue this, every street and every land mark in India will be named against the Nehru family. Naming the land marks against Rajiv will not do any good. If you have named it against some other person it would created a very good impression on the party.

I am amazed at the audacity of this govt to give everything in the country a Gandhi name. Hey there is more to India than a rajiv, sonia rahul etc etc. Till the time we all object to it the country will be enveloped with corruption & dynastic rulers. Its a shame indeed.

Its fair enough to name the bridge after Rajiv Gandhi, who made good contribution to India's progress. Moreover, he was a secularist leader. The comment by opposition parties of naming it after Veer Savarkar(central icon of Hindu Nationalist Parties).

Congress has named it after its leader and the Hindu Nationalist Parties wanted it to be named after their leader.

Frankly, as a Mumbaite, I dont care who it is named after, as long as it decreases the time of journey and the traffic woes of the people of Mumbai. :)

The proposal by Sharad Pawar, was his way of falling at Sonia's feet. It is sheer psychophancy and opportunism. I believe the people of Mumbai will decide the name for the bridge. 'Bandra Worli Sea Link' is a nice name, I guess we should let it be.

It has been the order of the day that in each nook and corner of country roads, brides, airports, chowks, educational institutes, research institutes are being renamed after Nehru-Indira-Rajiv dynasty but they are very particular to keep the tag of Gandhi. I am sure on fine morning Mahatma Gandhi name and contribution will be wiped out by this die-hard sycophants. The days are not far when India will be renamed after Nehru-Indira-Rajiv-Rahul-etc and we all will be silent spectators. It is ironicl that JRD Tata never wanted the Indian Institute of Science Bangalore to named after him.

Naming a bridge which is useful for public is different from wasting 2000 crore in just statues which cause hinderance to the public.

Mayawathi is on Statue spree...
and from the past 6 years congress is on naming spree..
if you look at the projects in andhrapradesh.. every single thing is named after congress leaders. there is nothing wrong in naming by congress leaders. but these politicians should also consider the other great leaders who did a lot more to these areas.

if you see after 4 years, i think every nook and corner in india will be either indira/rajiv.

why the sea-link cant be called as Bandra-Worli link.?

Yes, it's a great honor being paid towards great Leader

India is fast tilting towards dynastic rule.Everyone is bringing forward their daughter even they are not qualified / capable for that.New entrants literally can not go up the ladder.India will not have president or PM just like Manmohan Singh or Barak Obama.It is just by luck that Manmohan Singh was made PM.

I think it should be called just "Mumbai Sea Link (MSL)" representing true spirit of Mumbai and Mumbai residents (aka Mumbaikars).

I don't understand why each and every new bridge or a chowk or road or any other public facility be named after some politician/freedom fighter. Most of the cities/villages in India will have atleast one Gandhi chowk/putla or Nehru Raod.

Lets honor spirit of this great city and its residents by not naming it after any politician/freedom fighter's name. If people can't recognize such an engineering marvel name it after the city because there would be tens if not hundreds of bridges and chowks and roads named after Rajiv Gandhi/Mahatma Gandhi/Indira Gandhi/Pandit Nehru but there is one and only one MUMBAI on this planet earth.

Also lets not forget thousands of engineers and workers from HCC and other construction companies who made this possible. Lets show our appreciation to those planners and engineers who conceived this idea and made it possible. Is there a single bridge or road or airport or train station named after the chief planner or engineer???

lets not get in this name game.
Hats off to the spirit of Mumbai! let it be MSL!