Lagatar24 Desk
Patna, Sept 28: Days after PM Modi’s announcement, the international airport in Chandigarh has been renamed Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport, Chandigarh, in honour of independence hero Bhagat Singh on his birthday today.
The event’s guest, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, expressed her gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his decision to rename the airport in honour of the legendary freedom warrior and said she felt honoured to be there.
“Through these small gestures, we are remembering the immense sacrifice the young men and women like Shaheed Bhagat Singh made during the freedom struggle,” she said.
As a mark of tribute to #ShaheedBhagatSingh , today @IXCairport was named after him on his birthday.@JM_Scindia @Gen_VKSingh @narendramodi @nsitharaman @KirronKherBJP @PIBChandigarh @AAI_Official#ShaheedBhagatSinghAirport #SBSIAirport pic.twitter.com/sHczfawkmb
— MoCA_GoI (@MoCA_GoI) September 28, 2022
Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit, Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatreya, Union minister VK Singh, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala, Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij and Chandigarh MP Kirron Kher were present at the event.
Bhagwant Mann, the chief minister of Punjab, also praised PM Modi for renaming the airport and requested additional foreign travel options. In a radio broadcast last Sunday called Mann Ki Baat, Prime Minister Modi declared that the airport would be renamed in honour of Shaheed Bhagat Singh. Today marks the 115th anniversary of Bhagat Singh’s birth.
