Chandigarh Airport to be renamed: Punjab and Haryana agree on Shaheed Bhagat Singh; Screw continues on Mohali-Panchkula

Chandigarh Airport.

The Chandigarh International Airport will now be named after Shaheed Bhagat Singh. An agreement was reached on the name between the Punjab and Haryana government late Saturday evening. However, the Haryana government is not agreeable about Mohali only in the name of the airport. He is also demanding to include Panchkula in it. In the meeting between Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann and Haryana Deputy CM Dushyant Chautala, an agreement was reached on Shaheed Bhagat Singh. Now the proposal to change the name will be sent to the central government.

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann and Haryana Deputy CM Dushyant Chautala during the meeting.

long-running battle
There was a long-running fight between Punjab and Haryana over the name of the airport. The Punjab government wanted to name it Shaheed-e-Azam Sardar Bhagat Singh International Airport, Mohali. At the same time, the Haryana government was opposing the use of the word Mohali in it. After which an agreement was reached in the meeting on Saturday.

Both the proposals were passed in the assembly
The Punjab government had passed a resolution in the assembly to change the name of the airport. In which the airport was to be named after Shaheed Bhagat Singh. At the same time, the Haryana government had also proposed to name the airport with the same name. Although he used the word Chandigarh instead of Mohali.

Haryana only objected to Mohali
The Haryana government has objected to keeping only Mohali in the name of the airport. Haryana says that this will ignore the contribution of Chandigarh and Panchkula.