On Friday, BJP lawmaker Sujeeth Kumar urged the Union government to stop using the honorific "Lord" when referring to former British Viceroys and Governor Generals in official documents, NCERT materials, textbooks, and government websites. He maintained that even decades after India attained independence, the term's continued use perpetuates a "colonial hangover."
According to a report by news agency PTI, Kumar brought up the issue during Zero Hour in the Rajya Sabha and claimed to have found the title's widespread usage after consulting a variety of official and educational sources.
He pointed out that a cursory examination of these documents and webpages was sufficient to demonstrate the continued prevalence of this usage.

He drew attention to the fact that British administrators are frequently referred to as Lord Curzon, Lord Mountbatten, Lord Dalhousie, Lord Leighton, and others in NCERT history books for Classes 8 and 12.

He claims that the phrase is still used on official websites, such as those of the Ministry of Culture, the Press Information Bureau, the Archaeological Survey of India, and the website of Raj Bhavan in Bihar, which is now known as Lok Bhavan, according to the article.
According to the report, Kumar claimed that titles like "Lord" were created by the British, for the British, to further British interests. During colonial control, these names were used as imperial propaganda tools to enforce ideas of British superiority.

He questioned the necessity of continuing to grant British officers a higher standing, particularly in light of the fact that many of them were accountable for crimes committed in India, yet domestic freedom fighters had never received such titles.
Kumar contended that such colonial-era customs should not be upheld in a developed and inclusive democracy like India since they undercut the spirit of equality and go against constitutional principles.
He gave Prime Minister Narendra Modi's renaming of Rajpath to Kartavya Path as an illustration of the deliberate shift away from colonial nomenclature and toward names that represent civic responsibility and national aspirations.

Kumar also mentioned Modi's Independence Day speech, in which he described the Panch Pran for the Amrit Kal era up until 2047. The elimination of any traces of a "slave mentality" is emphasized in one of these national commitments.