Srinagar: Former Congress National President Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra is currently at its last stop in Kashmir. It will end tomorrow i.e. Monday (January 30). Earlier today, on Sunday, Rahul Gandhi will hoist the tricolor at Lal Chowk in Srinagar at 12 noon. Let us tell you that Congress had first announced to hoist the tricolor at Lal Chowk at the conclusion of the Bharat Jodo Yatra, then for some reason, Congress retracted from its announcement and said that Rahul should hoist the flag at the party office, not at Lal Chowk. However, now the Congress has again made a u-turn and today Rahul is going to hoist the tricolor at Lal Chowk itself.
According to the information given by the Congress, today the Bharat Jodo Yatra will proceed from Pantha Chowk and halt at Sonwar Chowk. After this, Rahul Gandhi will unfurl the national flag at Lal Chowk in Srinagar at 12 noon. The party itself has given information about hoisting the tricolor at Lal Chowk by tweeting. Congress has written in its tweet that, 'A padyatra, from Kanyakumari to Kashmir, defeating hatred - to connect the hearts, the Bharat Jodo Yatra, which seems impossible, has been recorded in the pages of history, which started today from Pantha Chowk to Sonwar. Will go up to the Chowk and proudly hoist the tricolor at Lal Chowk. The journey continues and Jai Hind is heavy on all.'
31 years ago Murli Manohar Joshi hoisted the tricolor here:-
Murli Manohar Joshi and Narendra Modi hoisted the national flag at Lal Chowk on January 26, 1992. In 1992, Narendra Modi was part of senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi's team. At that time Narendra Modi along with Murli Manohar Joshi hoisted the tricolor at Lal Chowk. After the announcement of hoisting the tricolor by the BJP, there was a tense situation in the entire Kashmir Valley. Then the separatists and terrorists had announced that they would not allow this to happen.
Even before the completion of this BJP yatra, terrorists attacked the police headquarters with grenades. The then Director General of Police JN Saxena was injured in this attack. When Murli Manohar Joshi, Narendra Modi and their team hoisted the tricolor at Lal Chowk, the terrorists tried their best to commit the crime, but they could not succeed.
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