Congress In-Charge of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, Rajani Patil, on Friday alleged security lapses in Congress leader Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra, and accused the administration of the Union Territory of failing to manage the crowd.
"I don't have any say in this. This is an internal matter of Congress. We never questioned surgical strikes and we will never do this,' Omar Abdullah said while speaking to mediapersons in Banihal on Friday.
"People are very excited and have come to welcome Rahul Gandhi despite the severe cold. Bharat Jodo will resume from Banihal and reach Anantnag on January 27," Congress Leader, Jairam Ramesh said on Friday.
As a part of the 74th Republic Day celebrations, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers staged a march from Regal Chowk to Ghanta Ghar and unfurled the national flag on Thursday.
74th Republic Day was celebrated with gaiety and fervour across Himachal Pradesh on Thursday with a state-level function being organised in Shimla where Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar unfurled the national flag.
The event took place as a reminder to the world that Hindus in Jammu and Kashmir were persecuted and forced to flee their homeland in 1989- 1990 and 33 years later, targeted Hindu killings are still taking place.
The Border Security Force and the Pakistan Rangers exchanged sweets at the International Border on the occasion of the 74th Indian Republic Day in a cordial atmosphere here on Thursday.
The Janata Dal-United (JD-U) informed the Congress that it would not be able to take part in the concluding event of the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Srinagar on January 30 as it has planned another event on that day.
The Indian Army in Jammu and Kashmir was seen patrolling at the Army's last post at an altitude of 7,200 feet amid heavy snowfall for the security of the country on the Eve of the 74th Republic Day on Wednesday.