India, Aug. 10 -- Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Sunday participated in the Har Ghar Tiranga Yatra organised at Gandhi Park in Dehradun and appealed to residents to hoist the national flag at their homes on Independence Day.

Dhami also paid floral tributes to former Uttarakhand movement leader Indramani Badoni and Bharat Ratna Dr BR Ambedkar at their statues near the Clock Tower. He later joined the Tiranga Yatra from Gandhi Park to the Clock Tower along with thousands of participants.

Addressing the gathering, Dhami described the Tiranga Yatra as an expression of national pride and said the national flag represents the collective identity and self-respect of Indians. He appealed to residents to keep the spirit of pat...