Tricolour hoisted at Jinnah Tower in Andhra’s Guntur after month-long showdown between BJP, YSRCP
India Today
The national flag was hoisted at the Jinnah tower in Andhra Pradesh’s Guntur on Thursday, February 3. Representatives of different religions and political parties offered prayers and participated in the event.
The Indian tricolour was unfurled by Andhra Pradesh home minister M Sucharita, at Jinnah tower in Andhra Pradesh’s Guntur on Thursday, February 3.
Local YSRCP MLA, Mohammad Mustafa, Guntur Mayor KSN Manohar Naidu and representatives of different religions participated in the event and offered prayers for the peace and prosperity of India and the state of Andhra Pradesh.
Jinnah Tower Centre is the most prominent landmark in Guntur and is located on Mahatma Gandhi Road.
The BJP and the ruling YSRCP government have been involved in a political showdown for the last month regarding Jinnah tower.
On December 30, 2021, BJP National secretary Y Satya Kumar shared a tweet calling for the renaming of Jinnah Tower Centre in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh.
He said, “The tower is named after Jinnah and area as Jinnah Centre. The irony, it’s not in Pakistan but the Guntur City of AP. A centre that still carries the name of the traitor of India. Why shouldn’t it be named after Dr Kalam or son of the soil, a great Dalit poet, Gurram Jashuva? Just an idea!”
Another controversy erupted over a week ago after the arrest of Hindu Vahini activists who tried to unfurl the tricolour atop Jinnah tower in Guntur on Republic Day, January 26.
