Arnab Ranjan Goswami has changed the name of his news channel from 'Republic' to 'Republic TV'. His change of plan was instigated by BJP leader and former Union Minister Subramanian Swamy revealing on Twitter that he had complained about the former Editor-in-chief of Times Now for naming his TV channel "Republic". In a letter written to the Minister of Information & Broadcasting, Swamy had argued that any commercial venture being called "Republic" was a violation of the Emblems and Names (Prevention of improper use) Act of 1950. Under the law, Swamy had a point. Interestingly, Swamy had in a way suggested the solution too on Twitter on the same day. While responding to a query by a user, he said that Arnab was free to name his channel something like "The Republic" but he can't call it only "Republic": janardan pandey @jayjanardan @Swamy39 Sir what if they rename it as "News Republic" is it fine then ?  Follow Subramanian Swamy ✔ @Swamy39 @jayjanardan : Except Republic nothing else including The Republic is barred by law. Arnab needs to taught truth and law. He is ignorant. 11:05 AM - 25 Jan 2017 108 Retweets   178 likes And now, Swamy has shared on Twitter a letter purportedly written by Arnab Gowami to the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, where Arnab is informing the government that he was changing his channel's name from "Republic" to "Republic TV": Subramanian Swamy ✔ @Swamy39 Mr Goswami know that chickens come home to roost. Don't be a porki with me 6:42 PM - 30 Jan 2017 683 Retweets   1,371 1,371 likes