Rajganj, 21st July: In remembrance of 13 people shot by the West Bengal Police in Kolkata, during a rally by the West Bengal Youth Congress under Mamata Bandopadhyay on 21st July 1993, the martyrs were paid homage in Rajganj’s Shikarpur Haat on behalf of block TMC.
The martyrs were also commemorated in Belakoba Hari Mandir premises on behalf of SC/ST/OBC cell, on Tuesday. They paid tribute to the martyrs by laying a wreath at their portraits and also observed one minute of silence in their memory.
In this context, Rajganj MLA Khageshwar Roy stated that due to the pandemic this year, Martyrs’ Day was observed in different places of the block as per the directives given by the Chief Minister.