‘Punjab Govt to talk with Centre for national martyr tag to Kartar Singh Sarabha’

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Mandi Ahmedgarh, Nov 16

The Punjab Government will take the issue of declaring Shaheed Kartar Singh Sarabha as ‘National Martyr’ with the Central Government soon.

The announcement was made by Cabinet Minister Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria after paying tributes to the martyr during a state-level martyrdom function held at Sarabha village near here on Monday. Sarkaria announced a grant of Rs5 lakh from his discretionary funds for the sports club of the village.

“While our government is committed to promote the ideas of our great martyrs CM Capt Amarinder Singh has already decided to develop and restore all places related to the martyrs,” said Sarkaria claiming that during the Independence Day celebrations at Ludhiana two years ago the chief minister had announced a grant of Rs1.25 cr for the development of Sarabha village.

Earlier, Congress leaders led by Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria and Capt Sandeep Singh Sandhu paid floral tributes at the statue of Shaheed Kartar Singh Sarabha. Meanwhile, football teams of Ajitwal village and Miana village emerged winners and runners-up at the annual football tournament held on the occasion.

Sukhwinder Singh Bindra, Chairman, Punjab Youth Development Board; KK Bawa, Chairman, PSIDC; Ludhiana Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma; Karan Warring, Vice-Chairman, PEDA; SDM Baljinder Singh Dhillon and Kuldeep Singh, president of the club, were present on the occasion.

The martyrdom day was also observed by the Ludhiana Unit of Communist Party of India. Activists led by district secretary DP Maur, Ramesh Ratan, Charan Sarabha, MS Bhatia, Kewal Banwait , Vijay Kumar, Avtar Chibber and Sham Lal paid homage to Shaheed Kartar Singh Sarabha by garlanding the statue of the martyr at Bhai Bala Chowk, Ludhiana.

The event was also celebrated at the Malwa Khalsa Senior Secondary School, Model Town, Ludhiana.