Union Home Minister Amit Shah today paid homage to Lala Lajpat Rai on his martyrdom day. In a social media post, Mr Shah remembered the freedom fighter for his revolutionary ideas in the Indian independence movement and for inspiring the poor, farmers, and youth to organise and take up armed revolution. The Minister said that his sacrifice united the scattered strands of the freedom struggle and transformed them into the great flame of independence. He further emphasised Lajpat Rai’s role in fighting against the exploitation and oppression of the British