the Bihar cabinet officially changed the iconic park’s name from Sanjay Gandhi Biological Park to Patna Zoo. (Credits: Wikimedia commons) For years, it has been a favourite of Patna residents — from politicians, bureaucrats and litterateurs to the average morning walker. While former chief minister Karpoori Thakur would take walks here, his successor Lalu Prasad Yadav even held a cabinet meeting on its grounds. “We have often heard accounts of the famous poet Sachchidanand Hiranand Vatsyayan ‘Agyeya’ visiting the grounds and sharing his deep admiration for the place, especially for the tree house,” Prem Kumar Mani, a reputed Hindi critic and writer, said. This week, the Bihar cabinet officially changed the iconic park’s name from Sanjay Gandhi Biological Park to Patna Zoo — a 153-acre open space in the heart of the capital long known as the city’s lungs.…