Why are we continuing with 'ugly' ceremony at Wagah, asks Yashwant Sinha

February 02, 2015 19:59

Former External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha today questioned the continuance of "ugly" beating retreat ceremony at Wagah on the India-Pakistan border being followed since 1959.

"...We have that ugly ceremony at Wagah, almost vulgar, I don't know why we are continuing it but we are," said the senior BJP leader, who also held the portfolio of finance in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government.

The ceremony, which marks closing of the Wagah border in Amritsar every evening, is a daily military practice that the security forces of the two countries -- Border Security Force (BSF) and Pakistan Rangers -- have jointly followed since 1959.

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