Vadodara MP opposes making of building overlooking Pratap Vilas Palace
(WorldNews India)

Vadodara Member of Parliament Ranjan Bhatt, on Tuesday, made a presentation in the Zero Hour on the floor of the Lok Sabha, seeking preservation of the Pratap Vilas Palace in the city. The royal Gaekwad family of Vadodara and the family-run Maharaja Fatesingh Museum Trust, on July 30, had issued an appeal to residents of Vadodara to unite and protest the proposed construction of a multi-storeyed building by the Union Ministry of Railways in the historic Raja Baug garden overlooking the heritage building. Bhatt, in her three-minute oral request, urged the Union Railways to reconsider their decision to construct “a four-storeyed structure in the lawn of the palace that could ruin its...