BJP said that Rahul Gandhi could raise the flag in Srinagar because PM Modi abolished Article 370.
New Delhi:
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday said that the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has created such a situation in Kashmir that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi can hoist the national flag at Lal Chowk in Srinagar. Speaking to ANI, BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad said that Mr Gandhi could have raised the flag as PM Modi had abrogated Article 370.
How could Rahul Gandhi hoist the tricolor peacefully at Srinagar’s Lal Chowk today? This happened because PM Modi abrogated Article 370. A large number of tourists came to Jammu and Kashmir. There was terrorism and fear in Kashmir during the Congress government. Prasad tomorrow.
BJP MP Rajyavardhan Rathore said that the Modi government has created such a situation in Kashmir that now any Indian citizen can hoist the tricolor at Lal Chowk in Srinagar.
He said, “Rahul Gandhi proudly hoisted the tricolor at Lal Chowk in Srinagar. Today the Modi government has created such a situation in Kashmir that now any Indian citizen can hoist the tricolor at Lal Chowk in Kashmir.”
Jammu and Kashmir BJP President Ravinder Raina said that the credit goes to PM Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah that Rahul Gandhi could hoist the national flag there amidst peace and brotherhood.
“After 70 years, a member of the Nehru-Gandhi family remembers hoisting the tricolor at Lal Chowk in Srinagar. It goes to the credit of PM Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah that Rahul Gandhi hoisted the national flag there amidst peace and brotherhood Could.” Mr Raina said.
Mr Gandhi along with his sister and party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi hoisted the national flag at the clock tower of Lal Chowk in Srinagar on Sunday as the Bharat Jodo Yatra entered its last day before concluding on Monday. The yatra will go up to Nehru Park in the Boulevard area of the city and end on Monday.
Meanwhile, senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said that the state administration had given permission to hoist the tricolor at Lal Chowk in Srinagar on Sunday. The Congress had earlier planned to hoist the national flag at the state party office on Monday to mark the end of the party journey in Jammu and Kashmir.
“Rahul Gandhi was to unfurl the national flag at the PCC office on January 30, as he was not allowed to do so elsewhere. Last evening, the state administration allowed him to do so at Lal Chowk, but on the condition that it be should.” Today marks the end of Bharat Jodo Yatra on 29th,” he tweeted.
The Bharat Jodo Yatra, which began in Kanyakumari on September 7, will end in Srinagar on January 30 after covering 3,970 km, 12 states and two union territories.
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