J-K state flag removed from civil secretariat

August 25, 2019 18:49

The flag of Jammu and Kashmir which used to fly along with the tricolour was removed from the Civil Secretariat in Srinagar on Sunday, three weeks after the Centre revoked Article 370 provisions which granted special status to the state, officials said.

The flag, which was hoisted along with the tricolour every day atop the civil secretariat, the seat of the government, was supposed to be removed on October 31 when the law bifurcating Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories -- Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh -- will come into effect.

However, on Sunday morning, only the tricolour was hoisted on the secretariat building, the officials said.

They said the flag will be removed from other government buildings as well. The flag was adopted by state constituent assembly on June 7, 1952.

The three stripes represented the state's three regions of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh.

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