Last Updated on August 15, 2021 at 6:03 pm
In what attracted a large number of social media users, Muzaffar Wani who is the father Burhan Wani, a terrorist who was shot dead by security forces in 2016, hoisted national flag in a government school at Tral in Pulwama.
Wani is a headmaster of the school and as part of the “Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav”, the union territory administration has directed all departments including the education department to ensure that flag hoisting is held in all offices on Independence Day.
“Independence Day will be celebrated in all schools. Directions should be conveyed to all the CEOs, Principals/ headmasters to host national flag at all schools. Videos and photos of the function will be uploaded on google drive,” a government order said.
There are 23,000 government schools across Jammu and Kashmir. But not many held the flag hoisting function.
