Srinagar: The first-ever Tiranga (flag) rally from Srinagar’s clock tower to the Kargil war memorial, organized by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was held on Monday in which 300 bikers of BJP’s Yuva Morcha (youth wing) who had come from different parts of the participated.
Earlier, reports suggested that 700 bikers will participate and union minister Smriti Irani will flag off the rally.
However, the BJP rally was flagged off by BJP General Secretary Tarun Chug.
It will culminate at Kargil War Memorial on July 26 on the occasion of (Kargil victory) Vijay Diwas.
As per reports, all the roads leading to Ganta Ghar (clock tower) were sealed by the authorities and the shops remained closed in the wake of the rally.
While addressing the gathering, Chug took a jibe at the two major political parties of J&K.
“The twin families in Jammu and Kashmir, who ruled here for the past 70 years had made it terrorism capital, but the Prime Minister turned it tourism capital,” he said.
“Mehbooba Mufti had claimed that after abrogation of Article 370, no one will raise tricolor in J&K, let she visit Lal Chowk and see how everyone has been carrying the tricolor in their hands,” he said, adding that the twin families were claiming high and tall that the Article 370 cannot be abrogated, but the PM Modi has made it possible.
The BJP leader called Abdullah and Muftis Gupkar Gang again and alleged that they are only making poisonous statements.
“Abdullah and sons, Mufti and sons & Nehru and sons have been rejected by the people now,” Chug was referring to the first Prime Minister of India, Jawahar Lal Nehru.
National President of BJP Yuva Morcha, Tejasvi Surya also spoke on the occasion and said that for the first time after the abrogation of Article 370, such a rally was organized.
The Kargil War Memorial, also known as Dras War Memorial, is a war memorial built by the Indian Army in the town of Dras, to commemorate the 1999 Kargil victory. The war took place between between India and Pakistan in May and July of 1999 in Jammu and Kashmir's Kargil district.
The memorial is located on the Srinagar-Leh National Highway, about 5 km from the city centre across the Tiger Hill.
(KNO)