Remembering martyrs: BJP holds Tiranga yatra

CHANDIGARH: The Bharatiya Janata Party BJP organised the Tiranga yatra led by city party president Sanjay Tandon

Updated At : 07:45 AM Aug 22, 2016 IST

Bharatiya Janata Party activists take part in the Tiranga yatra at Sector 14, Panchkula, on Sunday. Tribune photo: Nitin Mittal

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 21

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) organised the Tiranga yatra, led by city party president Sanjay Tandon. The yatra started from the party headquarter in Sector 33, Chandigarh, and passed through Sectors 20, 30, 29, 28, 27, 19, 18, 17, 22, 16, 15, 14, 24, 25, 37, 36, 35 and 34 before culminating at Sector 33.

The conveners for the yatra were Ramvir Bhatti, Mayor Arun Sood, party general secretary Chander Shekhar, district BJP president Ravikant Sharma, Shakti Prakash Devshali, Devi Singh, Brajeshwar Jaswal and Hukam Chand.

A large number of party activists, riding on scooters, bikes, cars and tractors with the National Flags in their hands, participated in the yatra. They raised slogans like “Bharat Mata Ki Jai” and “Vande Mataram”. Addressing party activists, Sanjay Tandon thanked them for their participation and said such type of yatras were being held throughout country to mark Independence Day.

The yatra was also organised in all city wards. The BJP Yuva Morcha also held a mashal yatra. The women wing of the party celebrated Raksha Bandhan with defence personnel and ex-army men. The movie, “Sardar-The Iron Man of India”, was screened for party activists at Kamlam, the party headquarter.

He said PMNarendra Modi had appealed to all party activists to celebrate Independence Day to remember unknown martyrs. “Their sacrifice for the nation should be highlighted,” he added.