Haryana agreed on Punjab’s demand for naming Airport after Shaheed Bhagat Singh, claims BJP

CHANDIGARH : Punjab BJP president Kamal Sharma today claimed that he has managed a consensus between Punjab and Haryana over the issue of naming of the International Airport at Mohali. He said he had persuaded Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on naming the Airport after the name of the Shaheed Bhagat Singh. The SAD ruling alliance partner of BJP and AAP were demanding to dedicate the airport in the name of Shaheed Bhagat Singh.
Now, in a letter written to the Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation Dr. Mahesh Sharma, the state BJP president has requested that the Airport be named after Shaheed Bhagat Singh before coming March 23 – the martyrdom day legendry freedom fighter, whose valour and bravery, are epitome for the youth of this country. Releasing a copy of the letter sent to Dr. Sharma to the media, state BJP President said that the airport was inaugurated by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on September 13 last year but name was not announced. “Since we are of the opinion that the Airport be named after Shaheed-E-Azam Bhagat Singh – who is a symbol of the heroism of the youth of India, I met the Haryana Chief Minister Shri Manohar Lal Khattar. After explaining him that the general sentiment is that the Airport be named after Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Khattar has also given his nod for the same”, disclosed Shri Sharma.
Sharma also informed that apart from this issue, he has also urged Dr. Sharma that announcement for starting the Light and Sound Show at Hussainiwala border in Ferozepur be made before March 23, the martyrdom day of Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev. He stated that last year on March 23, Hon’ble PM Shri Narendra Modi himself went to Hussainiwala border in Ferozepur to attend the commemoration programme organised to mark the martyrdom day of the three freedom fighters.