In this 69th Independence day there will be no exchange of sweets and gifts between Indian and Pakistani border forces during the Independence day functions of both countries. India’s border security force (BSF) announced on Wednesday that they will not indulge in the annual ritual of exchanging sweets on Independence Day. In a departure from tradition, the BSF “There is going to be no exchange this year at the Wagah border. “Neither are we going to offer nor will we accept any gift,” said BSG IG Punjab Frontier Anil Paliwal. has decided that it will neither offer nor accept sweets and gifts from the Pakistani Rangers.
Terrorist attacks in Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir over the past month:
This year, While Pakistan will celebrate its Independence Day on Friday, India’s falls on Saturday. The two countries border forces traditionally exchange sweets at the Wagah border. But this year a senior BSF officer decided as “To protest the series of terrorist attacks in Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir over the past month. In the wake of recent ceasefire violations and cross-border terror bids from the Pakistan side.
According to reports, there have been repeated ceasefire violations from Pakistani side and two terror incidents in Gurdaspur in Punjab and Udhampur in Jammu and Kashmir.
Independence Day: No exchange of sweets and gifts at Wagah this year
Border Security forces of the two countries have been following every year a tradition of exchanging sweets on national festivals and other events at the IB in Jammu and along the Attari-Wagah border in Amritsar in Punjab and few other locations in Rajasthan and Gujarat.
Neither are we going to offer nor will we accept any gift,” said BSG IG Punjab Frontier Anil Paliwal. He suggested that the ‘prevailing situation’ along the border prevented the BSF from showing any “soft gestures” to the Pakistani Rangers. With tensions between the two nuclear-tipped neighbours rising.