Music, marches... Celebrations take many forms
TNN | Feb 27, 2019, 09:45 IST
Many people were seen marching with the tricolour on streets.LUCKNOW: Celebrations started across the city as soon as people came to know about the air strike on a terror camp in Pakistan and hailed it as 'Surgical Strike 2.0' to avenge Pulwama terror attack.
High on 'josh', waving the tricolour and drenched in patriotism, Lucknowites chanted slogans ' Desh ki sena ladai lado, hum tumhare sath hain' and ' Hindustan Zindabad' and distributed sweets.
People from all walks of life joined the revelry as they rejoiced over the strong action taken by the forces and the killing of over 300 terrorists in one go. Some youths went around on bikes holding the tricolour.
A local band of six young boys, known as 'League of Citizens' presented an impromptu special performance at GPO and sang ' Sabse aage honge Hindustani' to salute the armed forces attracting crowds while many people joined them in the performance.
Avnish Mishra, a member of the group said, "The entire nation is thankful to the Indian Army. Today, we have paid the real tribute to the martyrs through the IAF strike."
Youth Congress members also joined the revelry and hailed the air strike by carrying a 100 metre national flag across the city. "Taking out the rally with this 100 m Indian flag is our little tribute to the Indian armed forces. We salute them. Pakistan must know that no matter how much it tries, it can never compete with us," said Youth Congress member Shailendra Kumar Tiwari.
BJP Yuva Morcha members also burst firecrackers on streets and lit lamps at GPO.
The celebrations continued till late in the evening with many citizens hoisting the tricolour on their houses.
High on 'josh', waving the tricolour and drenched in patriotism, Lucknowites chanted slogans ' Desh ki sena ladai lado, hum tumhare sath hain' and ' Hindustan Zindabad' and distributed sweets.
People from all walks of life joined the revelry as they rejoiced over the strong action taken by the forces and the killing of over 300 terrorists in one go. Some youths went around on bikes holding the tricolour.
A local band of six young boys, known as 'League of Citizens' presented an impromptu special performance at GPO and sang ' Sabse aage honge Hindustani' to salute the armed forces attracting crowds while many people joined them in the performance.
Avnish Mishra, a member of the group said, "The entire nation is thankful to the Indian Army. Today, we have paid the real tribute to the martyrs through the IAF strike."
Youth Congress members also joined the revelry and hailed the air strike by carrying a 100 metre national flag across the city. "Taking out the rally with this 100 m Indian flag is our little tribute to the Indian armed forces. We salute them. Pakistan must know that no matter how much it tries, it can never compete with us," said Youth Congress member Shailendra Kumar Tiwari.
BJP Yuva Morcha members also burst firecrackers on streets and lit lamps at GPO.
The celebrations continued till late in the evening with many citizens hoisting the tricolour on their houses.
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