Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary framed the event as a continuation of long-standing regional sentiment rather than a recent development. Addressing the crowd, Choudhary pushed back against narratives that tie Jammu and Kashmir’s patriotism exclusively to the 2019 abrogation of Article 370, insisting that the Tricolour has held deep significance for the local population long before that political shift.
This event operates under the broader Har Ghar Tiranga initiative championed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, designed to cultivate a direct, personal link between citizens and the national flag. Darakhshan Andrabi, Chairperson of the J&K Waqf Board, observed that the current social climate allows for more overt expressions of national pride than in previous decades, characterizing the rally as a milestone toward regional stability and prosperity.
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