Huge participation in Tiranga Rally ‘big answer’ to those who claimed none would pick up Tri-colour in Kashmir: LG Manoj Sinha

𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬; 𝐄𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐔𝐓; 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐞, 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡, 𝐒𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐎𝐩𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐨𝐂 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫, 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐢𝐝𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝: 𝐃𝐆𝐏 𝗗𝗶𝗹𝗯𝗮𝗴 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗵

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir’s Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Sunday said that the massive participation in the Tiranga Rally in Srinagar is a big reply to those who once claimed none would pick up the Tri-colour if Article 370 was revoked.

“Tiranga in every hand today and the great enthusiasm in the rally is what every Kashmiri yearned for. Huge participation in the rally today is a big reply to those who once claimed that none in the Valley would pick up the Tri-colour (if Article 370 was rolled back),” LG said while leading the Tiranga rally from Botanical Garden He was accompanied by Chief Secretary AK Mehta

Talking to reporters, the LG said that it is a proud moment to see not just officials from the administration and the police officers but a large number of Srinagarites. Asked how he sees the change, he said that people have understood their responsibility to be part of the chance and show respect to the Tiranga.

Speaking on the occasion, Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh said that massive participation of locals in the Tiranga yatra is a welcome development. Replying to a query about the situation in Kashmir, he said that the overall situation is very peaceful on all fronts. “But efforts are still on from across to misguide the youth through social media. The number of terrorists is miniscule,” he said, adding that this year successful operations were conducted on the LoC in which a large number of infiltrators were killed. “Majority of infiltration bids were foiled this year,” he said