By IANS
Jammu : A rubber tube decorated with flowers and messages of love was set afloat on river Chenab for people in Pakistan on Valentine’s Day by members of a political party in a Jammu and Kashmir town Thursday morning.
As the tubes with sweets, flowers and cards reached midstream, there was enthusiastic clapping by volunteers of the Democratic Socialist Party – a Kashmir based party headed by a Kashmiri Muslim girl, Darkshana Andrabi.
“We need to love our neighbours. This is the message that we are conveying to the people across the border,” Andrabi told reporters at Akhnoor, a garrison town bordering Pakistan 30 km northwest of Jammu.
“There is no better way for doing that than through this river Chenab, which goes to Pakistan. We are sending our message of love and friendship to Pakistan through this river,” she said.
It is the first time that such a message of love and friendship has been sent to Pakistan. Locals gathered in large numbers to witness the event.
Andrabi was certain that the message would reach the people of Pakistan. “Love messages never drown,” she said.