NEW DELHI, Aug 20: Chandigarh international airport will soon be renamed after Shaheed Bhagat Singh.
“The Punjab and Haryana governments have agreed to rename the Chandigarh’s international airport after freedom struggle icon Shaheed Bhagat Singh”, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said on Saturday after a meeting between the two governments.
Dushyant Chautala, Haryana’s Deputy Chief Minister, was present in the meeting. “Punjab and Haryana agreed on the name of Chandigarh’s international airport after Shaheed Bhagat Singh ji. Had a meeting with Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala on this issue today,” tweeted Mann.
The process for the name change was initiated since 2016 when the Haryana Assembly unanimously passed a resolution to name Chandigarh airport after Bhagat Singh. The Punjab government has already declared a state holiday on March 23, the martyrdom day of legendary freedom fighter Bhagat Singh. After Chief Minister’s orders, the Punjab government has put up pictures of Bhagat Singh and BR Ambedkar at all its offices.
(Manas Dasgupta)