Ahead of country's 70th Independence Day, a 1200-km ‘Tiranga Yatra’ has been initiated on Thursday from Haryana’s Bhiwani district to infuse feeling of patriotism and nationalism among the youth and children.
To give tribute to the martyrs and freedom fighters, Rashtriya Jaihind Manch, a civil organization began the ‘Tiranga Yatra’ which would pass through Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttrakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and national capital Delhi.
The ‘Tiranga Yatra’ will cover as many as 6,841 villagers where the National Flag would be unfurled and floral tributes would be paid to the martyrs. Many retired Army officers would also join the yatra.
Holding the Tricolour perched atop a long stick and chanting patriotic slogans, a team of 108 members would reach Delhi on August 13 covering 300 km while passing through various neighbouring States. Following this, the team would continue the ‘Tiranga Yatra’ to complete another 900 km to reach Kashmir on August 15 where the yatra would be concluded with unfurling of National Flag at lal Chowk in Srinagar.
The Manch had initially started ‘Tiranga Yatra’ in January to cover a total of 5000 km in northern India and also, informed Prime Minister’s office about their initiative. Interestingly, the Bharatiya Janta Party has also announced to organise ‘Tiranga Yatra’ from August 15 to 23 to celebrate 70 years of Independence and spread message of social harmony and unity across the country.
“The Manch has begun its ‘Tiranga Yatra’ from Nehru Park in Bhiwani and would march 300 kms to reach Delhi on August 13 where National Flag would be unfurled at Model Town. From there, another 900 kms ‘Tiranga Yatra’ would be organised to reach Srinagar’s lal Chowk on August 15 where the National Flag would be unfurled to pay tributes to martyrs,” said Suresh Sharma, national president of Rashtriya Jaihind Manch while talking to The Pioneer.
As nation is gearing up celebrate its 70th Independence Day, the Manch planned to organise ‘Tiranga Yatra’ to cover 6841 villagers to evoke feeling of patriotism and nationalism among the youth and children. National Flag would be unfurled in all these villages and floral tributes would be paid to the martyrs in these villages, said he.
The Manch has installed statues of 402 martyrs at various places and also, taking care of another 600 statues of the martyrs in the country.
lieutenant General (retired) DP Vats and other army officers joined the ‘Tiranga Yatra’ during the commencing ceremony, Sharma said. He said that a total of 21 teams each of 108 members have been constituted by the Manch to held ‘Tiranga Yatras in various parts of the country. These teams would cover a total of 5000 kms, he added.