New Delhi: Union Minister Anurag Thakur took out a proposal in 2011 to hoist the tricolor at Lal Chowk in Srinagar. ‘journey’ In which he was arrested on entering Jammu and Kashmir. He said that people voted for Prime Minister Narendra Modi due to which Article 370 could be repealed. Thakur said, ‘It was almost like hoisting the tricolor was banned in our own country. In the same country, after eight years in 2019, when Modi ji became the Prime Minister because of your votes, Articles 370 and 35A were abrogated forever.
Remembering Subhash Chandra Bose at a program in the ‘Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry’ (FICCI), Thakur said that the government is trying to make India what the great freedom fighter had dreamed of. Thakur talked about the ‘Rashtriya Ekta Yatra’ taken out in 2011. He was then heading the BJYM, the youth wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He said that he and other senior BJP leaders, including the leaders of opposition in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha – the late Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley – were arrested after they entered Jammu. The state then had a National Conference (NC) government under the leadership of Omar Abdullah.
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Thakur said that ‘journey’ It started from Kolkata on 12 January and was to end with the hoisting of the national flag at Lal Chowk in Srinagar on 26 January. Thakur said, ‘When we entered Jammu and Kashmir, I was arrested and put in jail so that I could not hoist the tricolor at Lal Chowk on 26 January. Leader of the Opposition Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj were also arrested. Significantly, on August 5, 2019, the Modi government had abrogated most of the provisions of Article 370.
Thakur said that ‘Tricolor in every house’ During the campaign, the tricolor was hoisted all over Jammu and Kashmir. Talking about Bose, the Union minister alleged that the freedom fighter who led the Indian National Army (INA) after independence “Forgot” was given. Thakur said, ‘After independence, successive governments tried to forget Netaji. His contribution was never mentioned. He said that Bose’s dream for India is being fulfilled today.
He said, ‘What can be a true tribute to Netaji? What kind of independent India did they want to see? The free India that Netaji had dreamed of, a country which can lead the world, that dream is being realized today. India is presiding over the G20 this year. We have the presidency of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), till recently we had the presidency of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).
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FIRST PUBLISHED : January 19, 2023, 00:10 IST
