On the occasion of Janmashtami this year, several social media users tweeted visuals of celebrations at Srinagar’s Lal Chowk in Kashmir.>
Gujarat in charge of Hindu Yuva Vahini Yogi Devnath tweeted that this happened after 32 years and thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah. His tweet got over 4,000 likes,>
32 साल बाद कश्मीर में निकाली गई श्रीकृष्ण जन्माष्टमी शोभायात्रा। ‘श्री कृष्ण गोविंद हरे मुरारी’ की धुन से गूंज उठा श्रीनगर का लालचौक… धन्यवाद आदरणीय श्री @narendramodi जी @AmitShah जी>
— Yogi Devnath (@YogiDevnath2) August 30, 2021>
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Sudarshan News head Suresh Chavhanke, along with rightwing propaganda website OpIndia, and news outlets Zee News, News18, Nai Dunia, VTV Gujarati and RSS mouthpiece Organiser made the same claim.>