Shiromani Akali Dal leader Naresh Gujral on Wednesday welcomed the move to consider renaming Dyal Singh Evening College as Dyal Singh Majithia College, saying it will help preserve the legacy of the great philanthropist after whom the institution is named.Reacting to The Tribune’s exclusive report that college principal Bhawna Pandey had informed agitating staff members that the proposed name has been changed from Majithia College to Dyal Singh Majithia College, Gujral said either this new name should be adopted or the current name retained.“Every Indian is proud of the legacy of Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, who with his own wealth built educational institutions so that Indians could benefit from quality education. It is difficult to understood why the college’s managing committee has repeatedly tried to change the institution’s name. We hope better sense will prevail and the name will either remain unchanged or be revised to Dyal Singh Majithia College,” Gujral said in a statement.At the core of the issue is Delhi University Vice-Chancellor Yogesh Singh’s remarks in December 2025 that the college was proposed to be renamed Banda Singh Bahadur College to distinguish it from Dyal Singh Morning College.The proposal led to a stir by admirers of Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia and the College Staff Association, who protested the dilution of the memory of the philanthropist.On May 23, the college’s governing body suggested adding a second name Majithia College to the renaming proposal along side Banda Singh Bahadur College. The proposal was rejected by the staff association.The college has now sent a fresh proposal to rename the college as Dyal Singh Majithia College as an additional option alongside the originally suggested Banda Singh Bahadur College.Gujral had also opposed a 2017 proposal to rename this college as Vande Mataram college, a move that was eventually shelved.