Former chief minister of Punjab and new member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the choice to rename Chandigarh Airport after freedom fighter Bhagat Singh. Taking to Twitter, he mentioned that he’s “grateful” to the prime minister for accepting the demand of renaming the airport.

“This is a befitting tribute to the great freedom fighter who gave his life for the country and is an inspiration to millions of fellow countrymen,” Captain’s put up on the micro-blogging website learn.

During the 93rd episode of ‘Mann Ki Baat’ earlier within the day, Modi introduced the choice to rename the airport. He mentioned that the transfer will mark a “tribute” to Singh forward of his one hundred and fifteenth delivery anniversary on September 28.

“It had been within the ready for a very long time. I congratulate the folks of Chandigarh, Punjab, and Haryana and of your entire nation for this determination,” Modi said during ‘Mann Ki Baat’.

Punjab chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Bhagwant Mann also thanked Modi for the decision to rename Chandigarh Airport. Speaking with reporters earlier today, he said that he is “happy our efforts yielded results”.

“And PM Modi has declared in the episode of Mann Ki Baat that the airport would be renamed after him. For this, I thank the prime minister,” the CM added.

Mann, who was speaking with AAP supremo and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal standing next to him, further stated that a letter was sent to the aviation ministry to “honour Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh on his birth anniversary on September 28”. “Before that, we wanted the Chandigarh Airport to be renamed to pay tribute to him as a gift,” the CM said.

Punjab and Haryana, which share Chandigarh as their capital, had reached a consensus final month on this difficulty.