Chandigarh Airport to be named after Shaheed Bhagat Singh, tweets Bhagwant Mann

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann today said that Chandigarh International Airport will be renamed after freedom fighter Bhagat Singh. "Chandigarh International Airport will be named after Bhagat Singh - the states of Punjab and Haryana have reached a consensus on this. Met Dushyant Chautala, Deputy Chief Minister of Haryana, over this issue today," Bhagwant Mann tweeted along with photos of the meeting. 

An announcement in this regard was made after a joint meeting between Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala. Mann later announced the news in a tweet.

For almost a decade, Punjab wanted to name the airport as Shaheed-e-Azam Sardar Bhagat Singh International Airport, Mohali, but Haryana had objected to the word Mohali.

Also, the Punjab Vidhan Sabha had also passed a resolution to name the airport as Shaheed-E-Azam Sardar Bhagat Singh International Airport, Mohali.

The Haryana Vidhan Sabha had passed a resolution to rename the airport, but with the use of the word Chandigarh.