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BADAL PLEDGES ALL SUPPORT TO CHAIRMAN BSMF FOR DEVELOPING HOUSE OF LEGENDARY MARTYR BHAGAT SINGH AS A WORLD CLASS MEMORIAL AT HIS BIRTHPLACE BANGA IN PAKISTAN
Chandigarh, April 25: Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today offered all support and cooperation to the Chairman, Bhagat Singh Memorial Foundation (BSMF) Mr. Imtiaz Rashid Qureshi for the conversion of Shaheed-e-Azam Sardar Bhagat Singh’s house at his birthplace Banga in Faisalabad district (Pakistan) into a world class memorial.
This assurance was given by Mr. Badal to the visiting delegation of BSMF led by Mr. Qureshi from Lahore, which called on the former here at Punjab Bhawan this afternoon.
The Chief Minister assured Mr. Qureshi that the Punjab government would bear the entire expenditure for the purchase of the legendary martyr Bhagat Singh’s house in village Banga, where he was born, to develop it as one of the finest monument to perpetuate his glorious legacy across the globe. He reiterated that this move would certainly prove to be a milestone in sensitizing and keeping our youngsters abreast with the ideology of an iconic freedom fighter, who was equally revered both in India and Pakistan. Mr. Badal further said that the state government would extend all possible help to develop this magnificent memorial at Bhagat Singh’s birthplace as a befitting tribute to this great son of the soil.
Highly enthused by the goodwill gesture and positive response from the Chief Minister, Mr. Qureshi expressed his gratitude to him saying that Sardar Bhagat Singh was one of the tallest heroes and would be ever remembered by one and all for times to come. He said Bhagat Singh’s legacy should not only be restricted to India and Pakistan but across the world in general and particularly in the Indian subcontinent. Mr. Qureshi also hoped that this unique initiative would further strengthen the bonds of love, goodwill and friendship between the people of both these countries.
Mr. Qureshi apprised the Chief Minister that the foundation was pro-actively engaged in disseminating the life, philosophy and works of the great revolutionary Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh by organizing seminars, symposiums and panel discussions regularly on different occasions. He also informed Mr. Badal that Shadman Chowk in Lahore has been renamed as Bhagat Singh Chowk in the fond remembrance of legendary hero’s supreme sacrifice with concerted efforts of the foundation. He also told Mr. Badal that the foundation has filed a writ petition in the Lahore High Court to reopen the trial case of Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh to bring facts on the fore, which led to his execution along with Rajguru and Sukhdev in Lahore jail in 1931.
Prominent amongst other who were present on the occasion included Senior Vice-Chairman BSMF Mr. Sufi Tufail Nadeem, an eminent historian Dr. M.M. Juneja and Advocate, Punjab and Haryana High Court Mr. Arun Johar.
