It is "heartening" to see some
liberal Pakistanis resisting opposition from "Hafiz Saeed and ilk" to
rename the roundabout in Lahore where Bhagat Singh was hanged after the freedom
fighter, Union minister Manish Tewari on Sunday said.
"Heartening - liberals in Lahore
fighting to rename the spot where Bhagat Singh was martyred in his honour
resisting opposition from Hafiz Saeed and ilk!" Tewari said on his Twitter
handle.
Some progressive Pakistanis-including members
of the Awami Workers Party, trade unionists and journalists-have taken up the
issue of renaming Fawara Chowk or Shadman Chowk in Central Lahore after Bhagat
Singh.
Singh was hanged 82 years ago by the British
along with Sukhdev and Rajguru for his revolutionary activities during the
freedom struggle.
Reports state that while the Lahore
administration was in agreement with this demand but Jamat-ud Dawa Chief Hafiz
Saeed and other extremists are vehemently opposed to the demand.
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