The rally was taken out from the Tagore Hall to the SKICC and on the way, the BJP leaders were also seen shouldering each other during a brief sit-in outside the Gupkar residence of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti. Though the BJP said the rally was held to mark the rd anniversary of the signing of the instrument of accession by Maharaja Hari Sing, the party leaders said they also wanted to give a 'reply' to those who had spoken against the Tricolour. ''We are taking out a rally as an answer to those who were saying there will be no one left to hold the tricolor. Today, the children and youth of J&K are ready to hoist the flag and are coming forward. This is a slap for 'made in China' people whose time is up now and have exploited the youth in the name of autonomy and self-rule,'' BJP state spokesman Altaf Thakur told reporters on the sidelines of the event.
The comments were apparently directly towards Mehbooba and the National Conference president Farooq Abdullah. Mehbooba had on Friday said she will not hold the Indian tricolor till the flag of the erstwhile J&K state was returned to the people.
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