Jammu, Aug 13 (KNO): Recalling the time when a massive campaign had to be organised just to hoist the Tiranga in Srinagar, Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh on Wednesday said that in PM Modi’s rule tricolour is flying high in Kashmir.
Singh, who led a Tiranga rally in Kathua district, according to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), while talking to reporters said, "There was also a time when Prime Minister Modi himself risked his life to go to Lal Chowk to hoist the flag. The incident at that time was such a big event that it was discussed all over the country."
Drawing a contrast between the time when PM Modi himself risked his life to go to Srinagar's Lal Chowk to hoist the national flag and today, Singh said every hand in Kashmir now holds the tricolour.
Pertinently, PM Modi in 1991 took out the ‘Ekta Yatra’ in Jammu and Kashmir despite terror threats and unfurled the tricolour at Lal Chowk.
Replying to a reporter's question on Pakistan repeatedly resorting to threats, he said, "There is not much need for me to comment on this as the Ministry of External Affairs will take cognisance of it."
He said that the “Operation Sindoor” provided an opportunity to put technology into use in defence sector. “Credit to use technology goes to PM Modi,” he added.
Attributing the success of “Operation Sindoor” to technology, the Union minister said, "Whatever achievements came from Operation Sindoor were the result of the technology that has been adopted in the last 10 years."
He said the use of this technology began after PM Modi came to power. "Under the core principle of an indigenous and self-reliant India, it was inducted into the country. Operation Sindoor also provided an opportunity to put this technology into use successfully," he said—(KNO)