Assembly nod for renaming airport after Bhagat Singh

April 01, 2016 12:00 am | Updated 05:42 am IST - Chandigarh:

The Haryana Assembly on Thursday unanimously passed a resolution to name Chandigarh airport after freedom struggle icon Shaheed Bhagat Singh.

As soon as the Question Hour ended, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ram Bilas Sharma moved the resolution.

Later, it was unanimously passed with ruling BJP and main opposition Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) MLAs supporting it.

Opposition Congress MLAs were not present as they have not been attending the Assembly session to protest the six-month suspension of their three MLAs for tearing copies of the Governor’s address.

On the resolution, Mr Sharma told the House that the State government would soon write to the Union Civil Aviation ministry in this regard. -- PTI

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