State Chief Minister Harish Rawat has categorically said that Bhagat Singh is remembered with full enthusiasm whenever there is talk about freedom struggle of India.
Heroes of freedom struggle adopted different styles to achieve the independence. Mahatma Gandhi fought freedom struggle through non-violence while Bhagat Singh, Subhas Chandra Bose, Rajguru, Sukhdev and Ashfaqulla Khan adopted different methodology. CM expressed these views while speaking at a programme organised by Shahid Bhagat Singh Vichar Prachar Samiti at Rishikul Ground of Haridwar on the birth anniversary of Shahid e Azam Bhagat Singh on Sunday.
Rawat declared that a separate park would be developed by Haridwar-Roorkee Development Authority (HRDA) near Vivekananda Park of VIP Ghat and would be named 23 March. Statues of martyrs Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Ashfaqulla Khan would be placed in the park.
CM also announced that a three-member committee would be constituted for naming the various governmental institutions, schools, degree colleges, gardens, roads etc after the martyrs of freedom struggle and Army. District administration would also cooperate in this regard.
Rajya Sabha MP Raj Babbar said that Bhagat Singh was not only a revolutionary but was a spiritual thinker also who had taken inspiration also from Holy Ganga. He was a leader of socialism. He changed the name of All India Republic Association Party in 1929 and named it All India Socialist Republic Association Party.