Union mins to pay tribute to martyrs during BJP I-day exercise

Union ministers Rajnath Singh and Arun Jaitley will pay tribute to freedom fighter Ashfaqulla Khan and Jalianwala Bagh martyrs, while Manohar Parrikar and Smriti Irani will visit Cellular Jail memorial and Siachen respectively as part of the 15-day BJP exercise to mark the 70th year of independence.
Their visits will take place after Prime Minister Narendra Modi kicks off the "70 saal azadi-yaad karo kurbani" exercise by visiting revolutionary leader Chandrashekhar Azad's birth place in Madhya Pradesh tomorrow, the anniversary of the Quit India Movement.
Union minister M Venkaiah Naidu will also attend an event at August Krani Maidan in Mumbai tomorrow.

Most events, barring tomorrow's programmes, will begin after the Monsoon Session ends on August 12.
Naidu told a press conference that the 15-day event is driven by five main purposes inlcuding remembering martyrs, infusing patriotism among the countrymen, showcasing the country's diversity and informing people about what the Modi government is doing to usher in "suraj" (good governance).
BJP general secretary Arun Singh said party chief Amit Shah will visit Kakori, a place in Lucknow district known for the train robbery carried out by revolutionaries in 1925.

All 75 Union ministers will visit two places each that are associated with the independence movement and freedom fighters. BJP office bearers will also accompany them or visit other places, Naidu and Singh said.

The Home Minister will also visit the birth place of Birsa Munda in Jharkhand while Jaitley will go to Jammu to pay tribute to Prem Nath Dogra, the Praja Parishad founder who sought Jammu and Kashmir's complete integration with India.
Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan will travel to UP to pay tribute to socialist icon Ram Manohar Lohia while his colleague Narendra Singh Tomar will remember first prime minister Jawahalal Nehru in Allahabad.
All the ministers will commemorate other leaders associated with the place and its neighbourhood they visit, Singh said.
Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani will go to Sabarmati Ashram in Gujarat, where Mahatma Gandhi lived for years.

Workers of BJYM, the BJP's youth wing, will take out 'Parbhat Pheri' tomorrow morning and a 'Mashal Julus' on August 14 evening.
During 'Raksha Bandhan' on August 18, women ministers will travel to border areas to tie 'rakhis' on soldiers.
Naidu, who is Information and Broadcasting Minister, said monuments associated with the freedom struggle will be illuminated in tricolour and he will also write to media houses to give these events publicity.
Party MPs will carry out 'tiranga yatra' on two-wheelers and speak about 70 steps taken by the government to bring in good government, he said.
Doordarshan and AIR will broadcast speeches of freedom fighters, he added.