First time six martyrs hanged with Kartar Singh Sarabha remembered:Mann
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Ludhiana, November 16
Paying glorious tribute to Shaheed Kartar Singh Sarabha on this historic day, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday said that the real homage to this great martyr would be to take a pledge on this solemn day to further strengthen the bonds of unity, integrity and brotherhood in our country. He said that the state government has already declared November 16 as a Gazetted holiday every year in observance of the martyrdom day of Shaheed Kartar Singh Sarabha. Bhagwant Singh Mann said that it will go a long way in perpetuating the glorious legacy of this martyr thereby ensuring that our coming generations are inspired by his life.
The Chief Minister said that the iconic martyr had laid down his life for emancipating the country from clutches of British Imperialism at a very young age. He said that martyrdom of Shaheed Kartar Singh Sarabha inspired several other youngsters like Shaheed Bhagat Singh to take part in the freedom movement and lay down their lives at the altar of the motherland. Bhagwant Singh Mann said that the countrymen will ever remain indebted to the great martyr for his supreme sacrifice adding that for the first time the state government has also remembered six other associates of Shaheed Kartar Singh Sarabha-Shaheed Vishnu Ganesh Pingley (Pune, Maharashtra), Shaheed Jagat Singh (Tarn Taran), Shaheed Harnam Singh Sialkoti (Sialkot, Pakistan), Shaheed Bakshish Singh (Amritsar), Shaheed Surain Singh Senior (Amirtsar) and Shaheed Surain Singh Junior (Amritsar) who were hanged along with him.
Punjab Chief Minister exhorted the Punjabis to take pledge for countering the narco-terrorism sponsored by anti-Punjab forces head on for making the state completely drug free.
Addressing the gathering before flagging off a massive anti drugs cycle rally organized by Punjab Police today to commemorate the martyrdom day of Shaheed Kartar Singh Sarabha, the Chief Minister said that since inception Punjab has been constantly attacked by the invaders and Punjabis have faced them valiantly. He said that now the Punjabis are fighting a war against narco terrorism which is being funded by the ant-Punjab forces who want to derail the state. However, Bhagwant Singh Mann said that the day is not far when Punjab will be a drug free state for which every Punjabi should take a vow.
The Chief Minister said that forces inimical to the state were hell bent upon branding the Punjabis as drug addicts just to present a wrong picture of the state before the country. He said that since time immemorial Punjab had been the sword arm of the country and its food bowl but ignoring this amass contribution of Punjabis a malicious propaganda has been unleashed by some political parties to label these patriotic sons of soil as drug addicts. Bhagwant Singh Mann said that now Punjab has launched a crusade against drugs for which Ardas was performed at Sri Harmandir Sahib in the sacred city of Amritsar. On the occasion Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav and others were also present.