- Shaheed Bhagat Singh invigorated youth with his revolutionary thought and ideas: Congress leaders
KHATKAR KALAN: Leader of Opposition in Punjab Vidhan Sabha Partap Singh Bajwa and Phillaur MLA Vikramjit Singh Chaudhary paid floral tributes to Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh on his 115th birth anniversary in his ancestral village Khatkar Kalan on Wednesday.
Remembering the great martyr, the Congress leaders said Shaheed Bhagat Singh was a revolutionary thinker who invigorated the youth of India with his ideas and actions.
“Our nation can never forget the contributions of Shaheed Bhagat Singh. He wanted freedom not only from the British rulers but also from social and economic slavery. He wanted equal treatment for everyone and dreamed of eradicating the evils of communalism, casteism, poverty and gender discrimination in our society. It is due to the sacrifices made by freedom fighters like him that we got Independence. It is now our solemn duty to come together to fulfil their vision of a prosperous and happy India,” LoP Partap Bajwa said.
MLA Vikramjit Chaudhary stated that along with the action, Shaheed Bhagat Singh emphasised the importance of thought and ideas as he was a brilliant thinker and a prolific writer. He penned his social and political vision of an independent India in his writings, and we must remember his intellectual legacy also.
Prominent among the present were Adampur MLA Sukhwinder Singh Kotli, former MLAs Angad Singh Saini and Darshan Lal, and Congress leader Satbir Saini.