The results of a survey to name a new Edinburgh school was met with anger from campaigners fighting to name the school after a race-fighting activist.
Residents had been asked to vote for a name for the new Morningside school by the Education, Children and Families Committee.
Locals voted overwhelmingly to call it Canaan Lane Primary School, after the street it will be built on.
One of the three suggested names, Saroj Lal Primary School, was put forward to various committee's by her son, Vineet Lal, who has since voiced his anger and branded the campaign an "eye-opener."
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According to information provided by Vineet Lal, Saroj Lal was a leading figure in Edinburgh and Scotland during the 1970s, 80s and 90s, fighting against racism, injustice and discrimination.
Saroj Lal also taught at South Morningside Primary during the 1970's, becoming one of Edinburgh's first ethnic minority teachers at the time.
The results to name the school Canaan Lane Primary came in at a majority 62.1 per cent, whilst North Morningside took up the remaining 37.9 per cent in the second round of votes between the two.
The school is set to open from August 2022 and Vineet Lal had previously asked voters to "be bold" with their choice of name.
Since the decision has been made, Vineet has taken to social media to give his opinion on the outcome. He claimed that from the outset, getting people to vote for naming the building after his mother was a long shot.
He said: "So, the survey results are in. I'll cut to the chase: the overwhelming choice of respondents in South Edinburgh - by a clear margin, leaving absolutely no doubt whatsoever - was to name the new school *Canaan Lane*, after its street location.
"I'd always known, from the start (and verbalised this, frequently), that Saroj was a *very* long shot indeed. And so it has proved to be, but by a long way. Almost 65 per cent of those who responded to the survey (response rate of circa 18 per cent) made it quite clear that they DIDN'T want the school named after her. Not at any cost. It's quite an eye-opener."
Vineet continued to voice his dismay and raised questions over people's motives for opting for either of the other two names.
He added:"On the plus side (because there's always a silver lining!), at least we are more aware than ever of the gulf between what we, as a society, profess to believe in (equality, diversity, fair representation) and what we *actually* do when our fingers hover over the keyboard (or ballot slip).
"There is massive reluctance to embrace change, and (as this exercise has shown), almost *anything* is preferable to having an educational institution named after a BAME woman (for the record, there are none, in the city, perhaps none in Scotland).
"Now we'll have *two* things named Canaan Lane: both the street and the school. Saroj, however, would have been as pragmatic and philosophical as ever. I think Saroj has probably punched her iron fist through a glass pane somewhere, this very morning. I just need to track down where it is."
