Ministers in Narendra Modi govt will visit places associated with freedom fighters

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will visit Jallianwala bagh in Amritsar and several other places including Jammu.

Information and Broadcasting Minister M Venkaiah Naidu would visit Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu along with Hyderabad.

Road Transport and Highways minister Nitin Gadkari would go to Varanasi where Lal Bahadur Shastri would be remembered. Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar would go to Port Blair where Veer Savarkar was among those detained in the ‘Cellular’ jail. Parrikar would also visit Rewari in Haryana to pay tributes to Rao Tula Ram.

Some of the Union ministers would also visit the country’s border, Smriti Irani – Siachen, Harsimrat Kaur – Wagah, and Uma Bharati in the North east. Bharati would also visit Jhansi while Kaur would visit the birthplace of Shaheed Bhagat Singh.

According to the detailed plan, Railway minister Suresh Prabhu would be visiting Dandi where the ‘salt satygraha’ took place as well as Ratnagiri to honour those who fought for freedom there.

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar would visit Sangrur in Punjab from where Udham Singh hailed while Health Minister J P Nadda would visit the birthplace of Khudiram Bose.

Rural Development minister Narendra Singh Tomar would visit Allahabad which is closely associated with Pt Jawaharlal Nehru, Madan Mohan Malviya, Sports minister Vijay Goel will go to Manipur to honour Rani Gaidinliu.

Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma would visit the birthplace of Mangal Pandey while HRD minister Prakash Javadekar would go to Gorakhpur.

“The idea is to honour heroes from all regions who have contributed to the freedom struggle,” a senior functionary involved with the planning said.

Most ministers would be travelling to two such places in the coming days, the functionary added.