Release the Bhagat Singh coin series, appeals NGO

Chandigarh, Dec 10 – An NGO working to propagate the ideology of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh Friday appealed to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to release of the currency coins commemorating the martyr. Members of All India Shaheed Bhagat Singh Brigade charged the central government with ‘unnecessarily delaying’ the circulation of these coins that were   minted in the denomination of Rs.100 and Rs. 5. In 2007, the government had announced to issue coins bearing the image of Shaheed-e-azam (great martyr) Bhagat Singh. We have checked with the Reserve Bank of India and found the coins were made in 2008 but till date, the authorities concerned have not given the green signal to bring these out in public,’ organisation chief Yadvinder Singh told reporters