BJP TODAY

September 16--30, 2004 - Vol. 13, No. 18

Uma to lead Hubli-Jalianwalabagh “Tiranga Yatra” from Sept 10 to 25
Sushma Swaraj to lead "Andaman Yatra" on September 21
Mass protests all over country from Sept. 21 to 25
By our special correspondent

After her honourable release from prison on Sept 6, the former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Uma Bharati will undertake the Hubli to Jalianwalabagh (Amritsar) Yatra from Sept. 10 to 25, while senior leader Sushma Swaraj will lead the Andaman Satyagraha on Sept. 21. Workers from all over the country at district headquarters will organize protest rallies from Sept. 21 to 25.

Sadhvi Uma Bharati, who was arrested by the Karnataka Police in the 1994 national flag hoisting incident at the Idgah Maidan, Hubli, will lead the yatra across north Kantaka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana and Punjab in order to uphold the dignity of the national flag, the tricolour.

Shrimati Swaraj and other workers of the party will lead the Andaman satyagraha as a mark of protest against the removal of the plaque on Veer Savarkar from the Swatantrya Jyot installed at the Cellular Jail, Port Blair, on August 9.

The mass protests will feature both the issues, handed over to the BJP by the Congress in the last one month, said to be to uphold their brand of "secular" polity.

These decisions were taken by the central office bearers of the party who met in Bangalore on September 8 to decide on the course of action after the release of Uma Bharati from detention and the flip-flop of the Congress Party over the Savarkar issue.

Former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, was also present in at this meeting.

(By the time this issue is released, the agitations have already been launched-Editor).