BJP’s Ekta yatra enters Amritsar

Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha’s Rashtriya Ekta Yatra,which will culminate with the hoisting of the tricolour at Lal Chowk in Srinagar on the Republic Day,reached here this evening.

The march,led by Anurag Thakur,president of BJYM,a youth wing of the BJP,received a warm welcome from saffron party activists and supporters as it entered the holy city.

The Srinagar-bound yatra started on January 12 from Kolkata in West Bengal.

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Dal Khalsa,a radical Sikh organisation,said the march would aggravate the already “volatile atmosphere in Kashmir”.

The Ekta yatra was a gimmick by the saffron party,Dal Khalsa secretary Kanwar Pal said.