Bharat Ratna demanded for Bhagat Singh

CHANDIGARH: Punjab deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal has demanded a Bharat Ratna for freedom fighter Bhagat Singh. He raised the demand at a function held at the Bhagat Singh's ancestral village Khatkar Kalan on a day marking the martyrdom of the fighter. Located along Jalandhar-Chandigarh highway, Bhagat Singh spent a few years of his life in Khatkar Kalan. His maternal grandfather's house in the village has been turned into a monument and a museum in Bhagat Singh's memory.