ITANAGAR, Oct 10 � �Sahid Sardhanjali Yatra� scheduled from October 18, was aimed at paying homage to the martyrs of the 1962 aggression and not aimed at provoking China, BJP said today.
�Our aim is not to provoke our neighbour, but to emotionally remember those 3,770 soldiers who laid down their lives for their motherland in the Indo-China war,� BJP National General Secretary Tapir Gao told a press conference here.
�This not a political programme, but a national occasion to remember martyrs,� he said.
Gao said that party President Nitin Gadkari would flag off the yatra on the theme, �Jara Yaad Koro Kurbani�, at Guwahati on October 18 which would culminate at Bumla on the Indo-China border on October 21.
It would mark the 50 years of Chinese aggression through the Tawang sector, on October 20, 1962.
Gadkari was scheduled to address a public rally here on November 21 to mark the day on which China withdrew its forces from Arunachal in 1962, Gao said.
On ULFA anti-talk faction leader Paresh Baruah�s email asking the people of Assam not to participate in the yatra as it would be a provocation for the neighbour, Gao said, �We have also received the email.� � PTI
