Jammu: The BJP celebrated the Accession Day on Monday across Jammu and Kashmir in a grand and spectacular way, as announced by the party’s J&K president Ravinder Raina last Wednesday (October 21).
Raina along with other senior leaders paid tributes to Maharaja Hari Singh at the park named before the late king, in Jammu.
Glimpses of "Accession Day" programme organised at Maharaja Hari Singh Park.
J&K BJP President Sh. @ImRavinderRaina along with senior leaders paid tributes to Maharaja Hari Singh ji at Maharaja Hari Singh Park, Jammu pic.twitter.com/I8apM6wIeH— BJP Jammu & Kashmir (@BJP4JnK) October 26, 2020
Accession Day marks the signing of the Instrument of Accession by the last Dogra ruler of J&K Maharaja Hari Singh with the Governor-General of India, Lord Mountbatten on October 26, 1947 to join the then Dominion of India.
From this year, the UT administration has marked the day as a public holiday.