Viral image Of Tricolour At Srinagar's Lal Chowk Is Old, Photoshopped

On the occasion of India’s 74th Independence Day, an image of the tricolour at the historic Lal Chowk in Srinagar is going viral on social media. Along with the viral image it is being claimed that the national flag was hoisted without any protest or stone-pelting as has been the case in the past. Lal Chowk has long been seen as the nerve centre of Jammu and Kashmir’s separatist movement. With the viral image, it is being claimed that after the abrogation of Article 370, the situation has changed.

“Lal Chowk Srinagar which had remained a symbol of Anti-India campaign by dynast politicians & Jihadist forces has now become Crown of Nationalism,” BJP leader and Lok Sabha MP from Ladakh, Jamyang Tsering Namgyal wrote on Twitter.

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