The Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP) on Saturday held a ‘Tiranga Yatra’ to specific solidarity with the Indian armed forces following Operation Sindoor, a army operation that reportedly focused 9 terrorist places throughout Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in response to the April 22 terror assault in Pahalgam.
Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje and Chief of Opposition within the Karnataka Legislative Council Chalavadi Narayanaswamy led the march.(X/ANI)
Addressing reporters in the course of the rally, Karandlaje mentioned, “Pakistan-backed terrorists targeted innocent people in Pahalgam after asking their religion. Our brave jawans gave a fitting reply. This is the time to stand united with the country, the government, and our armed forces.”
Karandlaje additional added that Pakistan had repeatedly confirmed itself untrustworthy, saying, “They don’t export technology or innovation, only terrorism. That’s why the global community continues to isolate them.”
The Yatra is an element of a bigger nationwide marketing campaign titled “Nagrik Tiranga Yatra for National Security”, initiated by the BJP’s Minority Morcha below the banner of Operation Sindoor. The initiative goals to advertise patriotism and bolster the morale of Indian armed forces by public participation and symbolic marches.
In accordance with Jamal Siddiqui, Nationwide President of the BJP Minority Morcha, the marketing campaign formally started Saturday after a digital technique assembly involving nationwide and state-level workplace bearers. BJP Nationwide Common Secretary Dushyant Kumar Gautam was current because the chief visitor.
Siddiqui mentioned the Yatra is meant to ship a robust message that below Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s management, the nation’s safety is uncompromised. “Operation Sindoor is more than a campaign—it’s a citizen-driven movement for national pride. The time will come when terrorism and its source, Pakistan, will be erased from the global map,” he mentioned.
Over 14,000 Sufi followers are anticipated to participate within the Yatra, providing prayers for Indian troopers at main shrines together with Ajmer Sharif, Delhi’s Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah, Kaliyar Sharif, and Shams Turk Dargah in Panipat. Spiritual leaders from different faiths can even be concerned, with prayers deliberate at gurdwaras, church buildings, mosques, and temples.
The marketing campaign, which is able to unfold in phases throughout state capitals, districts, tehsils, and villages, emphasizes that nationwide safety is a shared duty, not simply that of the military. Residents will carry lengthy nationwide flags, chant slogans like “We Stand with the Army” and “Nation with Operation Sindoor,” and keep away from political imagery past the marketing campaign’s official visuals, together with these of PM Modi and the armed forces.
Ex-servicemen, their households, college students, and non secular leaders have been invited to affix the Yatra, which is anticipated to be peaceable, disciplined, and deeply symbolic. Monitoring groups on the state and district ranges will oversee the marketing campaign’s implementation.
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