Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu along with Union Ministers Prahlad Joshi and Piyush Goyal flagged off Tiranga Bike Rally for MPs. The Tiranga Bike Rally was flagged from Red Fort on Tuesday.
Union Minister Smirti Irani was also seen on her scooty at the rally. “Every citizen of the country is celebrating as India is completing 75 years of Independence. PM Narendra Modi’s resolve is that the next 25 years should be full of resolutions, full of duties and every Indian should live up to the expectations,” Irani said.
Meanwhile, Union Minister Anurag Thakur said, “The power of the tricolor is to unite 139 crore Indians. Today you can see that all have joined the Tiranga Yatra unitedly. Many Union Ministers, MPs, and leaders of different parties have participated in this campaign. I wanted that the opposition parties should also join Tiranga Yatra in large numbers but they didn’t. We are trying to send out a message to the coming generations that we will all keep India united, take India forward and make India stronger.”
Earlier on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi changed his profile picture on his social media handles to ‘Tiranga’ on Tuesday.
Taking to Twitter PM Modi tweeted, “It is a special 2nd August today! At a time when we are marking Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, our nation is all set for #HarGharTiranga, a collective movement to celebrate our Tricolour. I have changed the DP on my social media pages and urge you all to do the same.”
The official journey of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav commenced on March 12, 2021. It is an initiative of the Government of India to celebrate and commemorate 75 years of Independence. It will end post a year on August 15, 2021.