Srinagar, July 25 (UNI) The BJP ‘Tiranga Bikers Rally’ was flagged off by party general secretary Tarun Chugh on Monday from the historic city center Lal Chowk. The biker’s rally will end at Kargil War Memorial on July 26 on Vijay Diwas.
The day is celebrated each year to commemorate India’s victory during the Kargil war and to remember the heroes who laid down their lives in the service of the country. The rally was flagged off from Ghanta Ghar in Lal Chowk after the authorities sealed all roads leading to the city center for security reasons. Shops also remained closed in the Lal Chowk area today.
The participants belonged to the BJP’s Yuva Morcha who had come from different parts of the country.
Tarun Chugh told the gathering, “Two families, Abdullahs and Muftis, who ruled for 70 years, had made Srinagar terrorism capital, but the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has made it tourism and progress capital.