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.
The Punjab government had been demanding that the airport be named as ‘Shaheed-e-Azam Sardar Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport.’
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 11, 2015 inaugurated the new civil air terminal building at Chandigarh Airport, which will handle both domestic as well as international flights. But it was not named, as per reports.
What is the delay in naming the Chandigarh Airport after the great martyr. The government should immediately act and name it.
Mr Narendra Modi during his election campaign 2014 has stated that shaheed bhagat singh was sent to kala pani(A&N islands). He doesnt know the real martyrs and the histrory.. But on the otherhand during 2002 BJP regime. the Port Blair airport was named in the name of Hindu maha sabha guru Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. Their agenda is Saffron. Not the nation itself.
Your comments are well taken.