Jammu and Kashmir’s Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said on Sunday that the large turnout at the Tiranga Rally in Srinagar is a resounding rebuttal to those who said no one would raise the Tricolour if Article 370 were to be repealed.
Every Kashmiri has longed for days like today, with a tiranga in every hand and so much energy at the protest. While leading the Tiranga demonstration from the Botanical Garden here, LG remarked, “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),” according to the Kashmir News Observer (KNO) news agency. AK Mehta, the Chief Secretary, accompanied him.
When asked by media about the high turnout, the LG said that it included not just government and law enforcement representatives but also many ordinary citizens of Srinagar. When asked about his impressions of the shift, he replied that people have realised they must take part in it and pay homage to the Tiranga.
Director General of Police Dilbagh Singh said that the large turnout of locals for the Tiranga yatra was very encouraging. In response to a question on the state of affairs in Kashmir, he said that things are quiet everywhere right now. But ongoing global attempts to mislead young people through social media are a reality. “There are very few terrorists left,” he added, adding that this year’s LoC operations were effective and resulted in the deaths of several infiltrators. He said that this year “most infiltration attempts were thwarted.”(KNO)
