750 bikers took out a Tiranga Yatra under the Har Ghar Tiranga campaign on Saturday. A 750 km run to Lucknow was also flagged off from Delhi.
Whipping up the patriotic fervour ahead of Independence Day, 750 bikers took out a Tiranga Yatra under the Har Ghar Tiranga campaign on Saturday morning in New Delhi.
Led by BJP MP S Manjinder Singh Sirsa, the bikers wore saffron turbans and began the rally from Talkatora Indoor Stadium. The rally ended at Patiala House, India Gate.
Union Minister G Kishan Reddy flagged off the Tiranga bike rally.
nion Minister Gen (Retd) VK Singh flagged off a run to Lucknow under the Fit India Campaign and Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav in Delhi.
He said, “Under Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, the serving officers decided to run 75kms daily & cover 750kms within the next 10 days to reach Lucknow.”
DELHI UNIVERSITY TO ORGANISE RALLY
The Delhi University (DU) on Friday said it will organise a Tiranga rally on August 10 to celebrate 75 years of India’s independence under the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga Abhiyan’.
The rally will cover a distance of four kilometres and will see the participation of teaching and non-teaching staff and students of the university.
HAR GHAR TIRANGA CAMPAIGN
Ahead of the 75th Independence Day this year, the Har Ghar Tiranga campaign was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last month. It aims at evoking a feeling of patriotism by exhorting people across the country to hoist the national flag between August 13 and 15, when the country completes 75 years of its independence.
Launching the campaign, PM Modi had said in a tweet that it will “deepen our connect with the national flag”.
