The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) informed the Lok Sabha on Monday that the stature of Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru was “far above any award or title or status” when asked why the freedom fighters had not been given the martyr status.
Responding to a question by BJP’s Jyotirmay Singh Mahto, Minister of State for Home Ajay Kumar Mishra said in a written response, “Their martyrdom in the supreme national cause of Independence is a fact and is not dependent on the presumed presence or absence of official records. Their stature is far above any award or title or status accorded in this regard. The nation will always be grateful to Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru who laid down their lives for a better future of India. Their names will always be written in golden words in the annals of Indian history.”
“The heroes who lost their lives in the freedom struggle including Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru during the national freedom struggle have become martyrs for the cause of attaining the Independence of India. Martyrdom of these freedom fighters and their invaluable contribution in India’s freedom struggle form an inalienable part of the discourse of our fight for freedom and is well known in our history,” it stated.
