CHANDIGARH, Sept 28:
As the country marks the 108th birth anniversary of Shaheed Bhagat Singh, a close relative of the martyr today urged the Centre to name the new civil air terminal here after the legendary freedom fighter “without further delay”.
Bhagat Singh’s 57-year-old nephew, Abhay Singh Sandhu claimed, “The decision to name the airport after Bhagat Singh was taken by the Punjab Government in 2007 during his birth centenary celebrations. Later, the Punjab Assembly also unanimously passed a resolution in this regard.”
Notably, the Punjab government had been demanding that the airport be named as ‘Shaheed-e-Azam Sardar Shaheed Bhagat Singh International airport, Mohali’.
However, Haryana government had objected to ‘Mohali’ word and insisted on keeping its name after Chandigarh, though the state government had maintained it had no objection over the use of Bhagat Singh’s name.(PTI)
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