Kishtwar Tragedy: Omar Abdullah Cancels ‘At Home’ Tea Party, Cultural Events for Independence Day

 Srinagar, Aug 14: In view of the tragedy caused by a cloudburst in Kishtwar, National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah announced the cancellation of the “At Home” tea party scheduled for Friday evening on the eve of Independence Day.He also said the cultural events planned for the morning Independence Day celebrations have been called off.However, the formal proceedings, including the speech and march past, will be held as scheduled.In a post on X, he said, “In light of the tragedy caused by the cloud burst in Kishtwar I have taken the decision to cancel the “At Home” tea party tomorrow evening. We have also decided not to go ahead with the cultural events during the morning Independence Day celebrations. The formal events – speech, march past etc will go ahead as planned.”(KNS)

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