Promise made to India fulfilled: Rahul Gandhi after hoisting tricolour in Srinagar

By PTI

SRINAGAR: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Sunday unfurled the nationwide flag on the historic clock tower of Lal Chowk within the coronary heart of Srinagar as a part of the Kanyakumari-Kashmir ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ and stated a “promise” made to India has been fulfilled.

The safety for the 10-minute occasion was at its peak as all roads in a one-kilometre radius resulting in the chowk, which holds symbolic significance for the town, have been sealed off from Saturday night time and no vehicular motion was allowed.

Barricades have been arrange and concertina wires put in in any respect entry factors with a heavy deployment of safety personnel, whereas outlets, enterprise institutions and the weekly flea market have been closed as a part of the safety train.

Gandhi, alongside along with his sister and Congress basic secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, social gathering leaders and employees, resumed the ultimate lap of the yatra in Jammu and Kashmir from Srinagar’s Pantha Chowk round 10:45 am.

Those a part of the march walked for about eight kilometres to Sonwar elevating slogans equivalent to “Jodo Jodo Bharat Jodo”, and alongside the way in which, have been cheered and greeted by locals.

Within a multi-layer safety ring, Gandhi, in a white T-shirt which he has sported for a lot of the over 4,000-kilometre yatra from India’s southern tip, waved at folks as yatris, together with numerous ladies, carrying the tricolour and Congress flags, moved in the direction of Sonwar.

After reaching their vacation spot, Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and different senior social gathering leaders drove to the social gathering’s headquarters at M A Road right here.

Later, they headed to Lal Chowk, the place the previous Congress president unfurled the nationwide flag.

“By hoisting the tricolour at Lal Chowk, the promise made to India was fulfilled today. Hate will lose, love will always win. There will be a new dawn of hopes in India,” Gandhi tweeted in Hindi after the occasion.

The yatra, which was launched on September 7 final 12 months in Kanyakumari, has traversed 12 states and two Union Territories.

It will culminate with the hoisting of the nationwide flag on the Congress workplace right here on Monday.

Yatris of the foot-march led Gandhi will halt for the night time on the Nehru Park right here.

On Monday, a public rally will even be held on the SK Stadium for which 23 opposition political events have been invited by the Congress.

Earlier within the day, All India Congress Committee basic secretary, in-charge communications, Jairam Ramesh on Twitter stated the flag unfurling was deliberate for Monday however needed to be achieved a day earlier.

“@RahulGandhi was supposed to unfurl national flag on Jan 30th in PCC office, since permission to do so elsewhere wasn’t given. Last evening, state administration allowed him to do so in Lal Chowk, but under condition that it should be done today on 29th at end of #BharatJodoYatra,” Ramesh tweeted.

The ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ has traversed by means of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, and Jammu and Kashmir.

On Friday, the yatra was cancelled for the day in Anantnag district after the social gathering alleged safety lapse, saying police preparations by the Jammu and Kashmir administration “completely collapsed”.

The administration had stated stress on safety sources because of the measurement of the gang, bigger than deliberate, might have created an impression of lack of safety preparations throughout the Rahul Gandhi-led march.

It resumed in Pulwama district’s Awantipora on Saturday and Gandhi was joined PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti, her daughter Iltija Mufti and numerous employees within the march.

Priyanka Gandhi additionally joined her brother within the yatra later.

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SRINAGAR: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Sunday unfurled the nationwide flag on the historic clock tower of Lal Chowk within the coronary heart of Srinagar as a part of the Kanyakumari-Kashmir ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ and stated a “promise” made to India has been fulfilled.

The safety for the 10-minute occasion was at its peak as all roads in a one-kilometre radius resulting in the chowk, which holds symbolic significance for the town, have been sealed off from Saturday night time and no vehicular motion was allowed.

Barricades have been arrange and concertina wires put in in any respect entry factors with a heavy deployment of safety personnel, whereas outlets, enterprise institutions and the weekly flea market have been closed as a part of the safety train.

Gandhi, alongside along with his sister and Congress basic secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, social gathering leaders and employees, resumed the ultimate lap of the yatra in Jammu and Kashmir from Srinagar’s Pantha Chowk round 10:45 am.

Those a part of the march walked for about eight kilometres to Sonwar elevating slogans equivalent to “Jodo Jodo Bharat Jodo”, and alongside the way in which, have been cheered and greeted by locals.

Within a multi-layer safety ring, Gandhi, in a white T-shirt which he has sported for a lot of the over 4,000-kilometre yatra from India’s southern tip, waved at folks as yatris, together with numerous ladies, carrying the tricolour and Congress flags, moved in the direction of Sonwar.

After reaching their vacation spot, Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and different senior social gathering leaders drove to the social gathering’s headquarters at M A Road right here.

Later, they headed to Lal Chowk, the place the previous Congress president unfurled the nationwide flag.

“By hoisting the tricolour at Lal Chowk, the promise made to India was fulfilled today. Hate will lose, love will always win. There will be a new dawn of hopes in India,” Gandhi tweeted in Hindi after the occasion.

The yatra, which was launched on September 7 final 12 months in Kanyakumari, has traversed 12 states and two Union Territories.

It will culminate with the hoisting of the nationwide flag on the Congress workplace right here on Monday.

Yatris of the foot-march led Gandhi will halt for the night time on the Nehru Park right here.

On Monday, a public rally will even be held on the SK Stadium for which 23 opposition political events have been invited by the Congress.

Earlier within the day, All India Congress Committee basic secretary, in-charge communications, Jairam Ramesh on Twitter stated the flag unfurling was deliberate for Monday however needed to be achieved a day earlier.

“@RahulGandhi was supposed to unfurl national flag on Jan 30th in PCC office, since permission to do so elsewhere wasn’t given. Last evening, state administration allowed him to do so in Lal Chowk, but under condition that it should be done today on 29th at end of #BharatJodoYatra,” Ramesh tweeted.

The ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ has traversed by means of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, and Jammu and Kashmir.

On Friday, the yatra was cancelled for the day in Anantnag district after the social gathering alleged safety lapse, saying police preparations by the Jammu and Kashmir administration “completely collapsed”.

The administration had stated stress on safety sources because of the measurement of the gang, bigger than deliberate, might have created an impression of lack of safety preparations throughout the Rahul Gandhi-led march.

It resumed in Pulwama district’s Awantipora on Saturday and Gandhi was joined PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti, her daughter Iltija Mufti and numerous employees within the march.

Priyanka Gandhi additionally joined her brother within the yatra later.

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