SFI members stage protest, want Chandigarh international airport to be named after Bhagat Singh

Meanwhile, former Union Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal has also called upon the government of India to immediately name the Chandigarh International Airport as Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport Chandigarh.

“This matter has been lingering on for the last many years without any valid reason and now when the nation pays homage to the iconic revolutionary hero of the national freedom struggle along with his associates, Sukhdev and Rajguru, on their 86th martyrdom anniversary on March 23, 2017, the government should put this matter to rest by announcing its decision to this effect,” Bansal said. He further added that this would be an appropriate way for the nation to pay homage to Shaheed Bhagat Singh. Any ceremony bereft of an announcement to this effect will just sound hollow, Bansal said. The undue delay in doing so reflects poorly on us, Bansal added.