Chandigarh: Punjab and Haryana governments have finally agreed to name the Chandigarh international airport after legendary freedom fighter, Bhagat Singh. Punjab BJP unit president Kamal Sharma claimed that Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar has consented to this.
In a letter to the minister of state for civil aviation Mahesh Sharma, the state BJP chief has requested that the airport be named after the martyr before March 23, the martyrdom day of the legend.
Captain Bhupinder Singh, officer on special duty to Haryana CM, said the civil aviation secretary has no official confirmation on this, but they have no problem in the airport being named after the legendary freedom fighter.
Rechristening the Chandigarh airport after its upgradation as an international airport has been a bone of contention between Punjab and Haryana, the main stakeholders of the project. Completing nine years of SAD-BJP government, Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Badal on Wednesday asserted that the development during the current regime has scaled a new high with 24x7 power supply, 4-6 laning of roads and airport connectivity.
03/03/16 Times of India
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In a letter to the minister of state for civil aviation Mahesh Sharma, the state BJP chief has requested that the airport be named after the martyr before March 23, the martyrdom day of the legend.
Captain Bhupinder Singh, officer on special duty to Haryana CM, said the civil aviation secretary has no official confirmation on this, but they have no problem in the airport being named after the legendary freedom fighter.
Rechristening the Chandigarh airport after its upgradation as an international airport has been a bone of contention between Punjab and Haryana, the main stakeholders of the project. Completing nine years of SAD-BJP government, Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Badal on Wednesday asserted that the development during the current regime has scaled a new high with 24x7 power supply, 4-6 laning of roads and airport connectivity.
03/03/16 Times of India
