Lal Chowk is a place to unfurl the Tri Colour, not the Pak Flag.

Tricolour national flag should be unfurled at Lal Chowk, Srinagar on Jan. 26, 2011 : Dr. Subramanian Swamy

The UPA government is duty bound under the Transaction of Business Rules framed under the Constitution, to officially unfurl the tricolour national flag at Lal Chowk in Srinagar, J&K. A Resolution to this effect was adopted by the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs in January first week or thereabouts in 1991 when Chandrashekhar was Prime Minister and I was Cabinet Minister of Law &Justice besides of Commerce.

As a senior Minister and member of CCPA, I had raised the issue in the CCPA because the V.P. Singh government had considered the matter and decided to discontinue the practice of unfurling the flag in Lal Chowk in 1990 as “it might hurt the feelings of the people of the state”.

After hearing the Service chiefs, the Intelligence Chiefs, and the Cabinet Secretary, Chandrashekhar agreed with me and directed that it be resolved that the government unfurl the flag and the army defend it if there was any problem. The then CM, Farooq Abdullah later concurred and cooperated in ensuring a peaceful unfurling of the tricolour national flag on January 26, 1991.

Lal Chowk is a historic place and not some “bazaar area” as the present CM blandly and ignorantly states. I demand therefore that on January 26^th the flag be unfurled, and if the State government does not cooperate in the unfurling, then President’s Rule be declared in the state, and the army be handed the administration of the state.

– Dr. Subramanian Swamy, fmr. Union Law &Justice Minister and President of the Janata Party. The 23rd January, 2011.

Two Treatments quite opposite :

The Indian Central Govt. and the J&K State Govt. allowed the Separatist Huriyat Conference for their anti Indian meeting where the Pak Flag was unfurled at Lal Chowk on 11th Sept. 2010.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLcG3fFr1w0&feature=related

Rashtriya Ekta Yatra to unfurl the National Tri-colour at Lal Chowk was denied by Indian Govt. with the connivance of J&K State Govt. BJP national leaders are arrested at Lakhanpur J&K border to encourage the Pak separartists on the eve of 26th January 2011.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlNw7EFvxOc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-R6apqnQZ0&NR=1&feature=fvwp

BJP’s ‘ekta yatra’ stopped at J-K border, Swaraj, Jaitley arrested

Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley and Ananth Kumar tried to re-enter the state but were foiled by police.

Ekta yatra: India is not a banana republic, will hoist flag, vows Jaitley

Both the BJP leaders Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj today slammed the Omar Abdullah-led J&K government for stopping them from entering Jammu and also rejected Centre’s appeal to turn back.

BJP leaders detained at Jammu airport, sent to Punjab

JAMMU: Taking a tough stand against the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Ekta Yatra, the Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday night “forcibly” sent BJP leaders Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley and Ananth Kumar to Punjab. Earlier, they were stopped from entering into Jammu after they landed at the airport.

Omar invites BJP leaders to attend Republic Day function

JAMMU: In a goodwill gesture, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday night spoke to BJP leader Arun Jaitely and invited party members, who were arrested for trying to enter the state, to attend the Republic Day function either in Jammu or in Srinagar on Wednesday.

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