Jinnah tower on MG road in Andhra’s Guntur painted in tricolour by MLA Mohammad Mustafa
India Today
The Jinnah tower located on Mahatma Gandhi Road in Andhra’s Guntur was painted in tricolour by YSRCP MLA Mohammad Mustafa. On January 26, Hindu Vahini activists were arrested by police for trying to unfurl the Indian flag at Jinnah tower.
The Jinnah tower located in Mahatma Gandhi Road in Andhra Pradesh’s Guntur got a coat of tricolour on Tuesday, February 1. The effort was organised by YSRCP MLA Mohammad Mustafa.
This comes a week after police detained Hindu Vahini activists for wanting to hoist the national flag atop Jinnah Tower on Republic Day. Jinnah tower, located on Mahatma Gandhi road, is a prominent and iconic structure in Guntur city.
The police action drew flack from the BJP, and others condemned the detention of Hindu Vahini activists.
The Guntur mayor explained that, at the request of various groups, it was decided to decorate the tower with the tricolour and to construct a pole nearby to hoist the national flag.
Andhra Pradesh: Guntur's Jinnah Tower, on which Hindu Vahini activists tried to unfurl the national flag on January 26, was painted in Tricolour by ruling YSRCP MLA Mohammad Mustafa on Tuesday. pic.twitter.com/Q6Mdi1k8ZO