Independence Day: Congress leader Ambika Soni unfurls national flag at party headquarters, Rahul Gandhi greets people
Sharing a quote from the country's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru's 'Tryst with Destiny' speech, he also posted a montage of pictures highlighting India's rich cultural tradition.
Senior leader and Congress Working Committee member Ambika Soni unfurled the national flag earlier today at the AICC headquarters on the occasion of 76th Independence Day as party president Sonia Gandhi was down with Covid.(ANI)
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Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi was also present at the function. He was flanked by senior Congress leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad and Anand Sharma.(ANI)
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Other senior leaders present on the occasion included party general secretaries K C Venugopal and Jairam Ramesh, treasurer Pawan Kumar Bansal and party veteran Mohsina Kidwai.(ANI)
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Tribals and farmers affected by the Ken-Betwa river-linking project stage a symbolic Chita Andolan (pyre protests), Jal Satyagraha and hanging satyagraha by placing nooses around their necks, over their demands of better compensation and rehabilitation, in Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh. The 15-day protest ended after police removed them from site.
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Parallelly, the crackdown on protesters to maintain law and order situation in the sensitive areas of Central Delhi continued with lathi charge, tear gas firing etc.
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Television evangilist Joni Lamb sings a praise song during 'Celebration', a show that she and her husband Marcus host on the Daystar Network, on July 30, 2001.
