The Punjab Government on Tuesday decided to postpone the foundation stone laying ceremony of the prestigious Jang-e-Azaadi memorial, to be constructed at Kartarpur near Jalandhar, by a week.
The State-level function, to lay the foundation stone of Rs200 crore memorial in 25 acre area, would be held on October 19, instead of October 12 as announced earlier.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal held a series of meetings with senior leaders of SAD-BJP including Cabinet Ministers, Chief Parliamentary Secretaries, MlAs besides the officers of the state government to finalize the arrangements of the event.
During deliberations with leaders from Bathinda, Mansa, Ferozepur, Fazilka, Sri Muktsar Sahib, Faridkot, Patiala, SAS Nagar, Rupnagar, Moga, Barnala and Sangrur districts, Badal solicited maximum participation of people from across the state to acknowledge enormous contribution made by unsung heroes and martyrs especially from Punjab in the country’s freedom movement.
He called upon the leaders of SAD-BJP and the top brass of the government to elicit huge participation of the people from different walks of life on this historic event.
Badal exhorted the people to participate in this function with great enthusiasm and gaiety thereby demonstrating ethos of nationalism and patriotism on one hand and to pay befitting tributes to great national martyrs and heroes of national freedom struggle on the other.
Chief Minister has already deputed Cabinet Minister Daljit Singh Cheema and his Special principal secretary KJS Cheema to supervise the arrangements and ensure comfortable journey of the visitors at venue of the function.