Shaheed Bhagat Singh Memorial Foundation wants Bhagat Singh’s statue in Lahore
The Shaheed Bhagat Singh Memorial Foundation, Pakistan, has demanded that Shadman Chowk in Lahore should be named after the martyr and hi statue should also be installed on the same place.
Bhagat Singh was hanged on the Shadman Chowk in Lahore on March 23, 1931. It said the move would serve as a source of inspiration for future generations.
The foundation’s chairman, Imtiaz Rashid Qureshi, said to reports that the demand letters had been handed over to the Mayor and Chief Commissioner of Lahore on Tuesday.
He said even the Founder of Pakistan Mohammad Ali Jinnah had requested the Pakistan Government that Shaheed Bhagat Singh should be rewarded with Pakistan’s highest gallantry award, Nishan-a-Haider.
The foundation has put forth its demands saying that Pak would be held in high esteem in the world if martyrs were given due respect in the nation without any kind of discrimination on religious bases.
Qureshi said, “We are completely hopeful that soon, it will be proven in the Pak court that the decision of the British Government to hang Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru was wrong.”
“Bhagat Singh is as much of Pakistan as much as he is of India. He was born in present-day Pakistan, so he is the hero of India and the son of Pakistan,” Qureshi added.
-PTC News
