BJP flags off ‘Tiranga Yatra’ | Patna News – Times of India
Patna: State BJP chief Dilip Kumar Jaiswal and Union minister Satish Chandra Dubey on Tuesday flagged off the ‘Tiranga Yatra’ here, as part of national programme on the eve of the Independence Day.
The BJP had announced to undertake the ‘Tiranga Yatra’ from August 11 to 13 to motivate people to hoist national flag atop their houses on August 15 to mark the mass celebration of the Independence Day in the country.The party has called it as ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign.
In Patna, the party’s members drove their two-wheelers from its state headquarters to the Shaheed Smarak located near the state legislature building.
“The yatra has been organised to disseminate the idea of nationalism among the people. The Tiranga symbolises Indian national identity,” BJP national secretary Rituraj Sinha told mediapersons.
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