Srinagar: Congress Lok Sabha MP Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra reached Lal Chowk in Srinagar on Sunday (January 29). Where Rahul Gandhi hoisted the national flag. After this, Rahul and other Congress workers also sang the national anthem along with the local Kashmiri people. Meanwhile, a cut out of Rahul Gandhi was also seen at Lal Chowk, which was bigger than the national flag of the country. Now the debate has started on social media about this.

Jammu and Kashmir | Congress MP Rahul Gandhi unfurls the national flag at Lal Chowk in Srinagar. pic.twitter.com/yW9D3CPzKi

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On social media, people are raising questions about Rahul Gandhi's poster passing above the tricolor and expressing their anger over keeping the national flag down. Gaurav Agarwal wrote, "It is very shameful that there is a poster of Rahul Gandhi beyond the tricolor flag and how did they lower the tricolor below it. Rashtrapati Bhavan should take action on this.''

At the same time, some users are also seen giving credit to PM Narendra Modi and the army for hoisting the tricolor by Rahul Gandhi at Lal Chowk. Dilip Jain has commented that 'Before 2014, Congress, Nehru-Gandhi did not have the courage to hoist the tricolor at Lal Chowk. Say thanks to the Modi government, army, and police, repealed 370, 35A. Tricolor unfurled by the fearless Narendra Damodardas Modi 31 years ago at Srinagar's Lal Chowk - at the peak of terrorism. Manish wrote sarcastically, 'Dekh Raha Hai Binod, how Raga (Rahul Gandhi) is hoisting the flag at Lal Chowk without tension, till a month ago he was shouting that no one can walk in Kashmir, the army has kept everything closed.' Sayk Deepta Dey wrote, 'Good, but why is Rahul Gandhi's flex longer than the national flag?'

A user named Jitendra Kumar wrote 'this is shameful. There is a poster of Rahul Gandhi's longer tricolor flag and how did he lower the tricolor below it. The tricolor should always be at the top.' Manoj wrote that, 'It is very pleasant. In the past, when Murli Manohar Joshi ji and our today's PM hoisted the tricolor at Lal Chowk, the Congress people opposed it. It is good that today the Kashmiri leader himself is also with Mother India in this great work. Long live India.' Mohit Trivedi wrote that 'Rahul Gandhi used to ask Modi ji what he did in all these years, today the tricolor hoisted in Lal Chowk is the answer. In 60 years, no Congress leader had the courage to go there, today Modi is hoisting the tricolor there under his rule.' Harshad wrote that 'Shri Rahul Gandhi has been able to do this only because Article 370 and 35A were removed by Narendra Modi and Amit Shah. Otherwise, Hurriyat would have given the Pakistani flag to Rahul Gandhi to hoist at Lal Chowk.'

Shirshendu Ghoshal wrote that 'The poster of Rahul Gandhi higher than the tricolor reflects the mentality of the Congress, which considers the Vadra-Gandhi family above the country.' Let us tell you that in Jammu and Kashmir, PDP supremo and former CM Mehbooba Mufti has also participated in Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra. Mehbooba Mufti is the one who had said that if Article 370 is removed, no one will be found raising the tricolor in Kashmir. At the same time, the Congress also strongly opposed the removal of Article 370.  Let us tell you that, before the removal of 370, Jammu and Kashmir used to have their own separate flag, and burning or tearing the Indian tricolor was not considered a crime there. But, all these things ended as soon as Article 370 was removed and today Rahul Gandhi hoisted the tricolor there.

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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