Chandigarh airport soon to be named after freedom fighter Bhagat Singh

The decision came after Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann and Haryana deputy chief minister Dushyant Chautala held a meeting over this issue on Saturday

|Aug 20, 2022, 22:37:57 IST

Chandigarh: Punjab and Haryana governments on Saturday agreed to name the Chandigarh international airport after freedom fighter Bhagat Singh.

The decision came after Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala held a meeting over this issue.

In a tweet, CM Mann said, "Punjab and Haryana have agreed to name Chandigarh International airport after Shaheed Bhagat Singhji. Today, had a meeting with Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala on this issue."

The naming of the Chandigarh international airport was earlier drawn into a controversy.

The Punjab government in 2017 had demanded that the airport should be named "Shaheed-e-Azam Sardar Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport, Mohali".

The Haryana government had no objection to the use of Bhagat Singh's name but it had raised its concerns about the use in the airport's name.

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