Ludhiana:Harjot Singh Bains, Cabinet Minister for Tourism & Culture, Mines & Geology, Law & Legislative Affairs and Jails Punjab today said that the Aam Aadmi Party government is committed for preserving the legacy of freedom fighters and our martyrs, due to whose sacrifices we are living in a free society.
He said this while attending the state level function organised on the birth anniversary of Shaheed Sukhdev, at Guru Nanak Dev Bhawan, here today.
Harjot Singh Bains said that Shaheed Sukhdev was a famous Indian revolutionary who played a major role in the India’s struggle for Independence.
While speaking on the occasion, he said that Shaheed Sukhdev is amongst those great Indian freedom fighters who sacrificed their lives for the freedom of our country. He was born on 15th May, 1907 at his ancestral house in Naughara Mohalla of Ludhiana city.
Since his childhood days, Shaheed Sukhdev had witnessed the brutal atrocities that the Imperial British Raj had inflicted on India, which then led him to join the revolutionaries, vowing to set India free from the shackles of British dominion. Shaheed Sukhdev was a member of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA), and organised revolutionary cells in Punjab and other areas of India.
A devoted leader, he even went on to ensure education for the youth at the National College in Lahore, greatly inspiring them about India’s glorious past. This college was set up by freedom fighter Lala Lajpat Rai. He along with other renowned revolutionaries started the ‘Naujawan Bharat Sabha’ at Lahore that was an organisation involved in various activities, mainly gearing the youth for the freedom struggle and putting an end to communalism.
He called upon the people to come forward and eradicate social evils like corruption, drug abuse, female foeticide and illiteracy from society, which would be the “real tribute to the country’s martyrs and fulfill their dreams.
Paying tribute to Shaheed Sukhdev, Harjot Singh Bains said that the Bhagwant Mann-led Punjab government has chalked out programmes so that our young generation can seek inspiration from our great freedom fighters. These functions are being organised to promote national integration and instill patriotism among the people. The families of the martyrs are a treasure to the country and we must pay proper respect to them.
He said that even the ancestral houses of all martyrs are like religious places and people should visit them for paying obeisance. He said that the Punjab government would soon bring ancestral houses of all freedom fighters and prominent personalities on the tourist map.