Amit Shah visits Kakori to honour freedom struggle heroes

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Bharatiya Janata Party chief Amit Shah visited Uttar Pradesh's Kakori town on 13 August to commemorate the heroes of freedom struggle, including Chandrashekhar Azad and Ramprasad Bismil.

Shah paid tributes to Chandrashekhar Azad and other freedom fighters associated with the Kakori train robbery at a temple built in their honour. He also addressed a public meeting at the Shaheed Smarak, Kakori.

The visit is part of an elaborate Independence Day celebration plan themed "Azadi 70, Yaad Karo Kurbani". Under the initiative, BJP leaders will commemorate the heroes of the freedom struggle at their birthplaces or the site of the struggle across the country.

Home Minister Rajnath Singh will visit the birthplace of Birsa Munda in Jharkhand where he is expected to lay foundation stones for developmental projects in Khunti, around 40 km from Ranchi.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will visit Jallianwala bagh in Amritsar and several other places including Jammu. Information and Broadcasting Minister M Venkaiah Naidu will visit Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu and Hyderabad.

Road Transport and Highways minister Nitin Gadkari will visit Varanasi where Lal Bahadur Shastri will be remembered.

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar will go to Port Blair where VD Savarkar was among those detained in the 'Cellular' jail. Parrikar will also visit Rewari in Haryana to pay tributes to Rao Tula Ram.