Beating Retreat Ceremony To Resume At Attari-Wagah Border Tomorrow After Ceasefire
The ceremony was halted in response to escalating tensions between India and Pakistan.
After a 12-day hiatus, the Beating Retreat ceremony, which was stopped after operation Sindoor, will resume at the Attari-Wagah border in Amritsar, Punjab and Hussainiwala Border in Ferozepur from Tuesday.
The India-Pakistan flag meeting ceremony at the Attari-Wagah border has been scaled down amid heightened tensions between the two countries. Unlike previous years, the gates will remain closed, and participants will not shake hands during the ceremony.
The ceremony was halted in response to escalating tensions between India and Pakistan.
The barbed wire gates will be opened for farmers starting tomorrow. Meanwhile, Punjab Government Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal visited the Shahpur border outpost near Ajnala on Monday to meet BSF officers and personnel deployed along the border amid ongoing India-Pakistan tensions.
Dhaliwal thanked the security forces on behalf of the state by presenting sweets and fruit baskets to the jawans. He said that we are proud of our jawans and in future whenever they will need us, the Punjab government and farmers will always stand with them.
The Punjab Minister met with BSF officers at the Shahpur border outpost and discussed the concerns of local farmers whose land lies beyond the barbed wire. Following the meeting, Dhaliwal announced that the gates would be opened for farmers starting tomorrow, allowing them to access their fields without restrictions.
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