The final decision on the renaming was taken in mid-June at a special meeting of the Memorial Museum and Library Society.
Addressing a gathering at the launch of a book on Jawaharlal Nehru's works and speeches, Singh said that if India is recognised in the comity of nations as a vibrant democracy and, if it is considered as one of the important world powers, it was the first prime minister, who should be recognised as its main architect.
Officials of the Nehru Memorial Museum decided to restart the process because the first lot of firms could not gauge and asses the essence of their brief appropriately.
In the family borough in the northern heartland, Rai Bareli, which has been loyal to the Gandhi dynasty from the days of first PM Jawaharal Nehru, voters want electricity, hospitals and roads, more than the cheap food on offer.