Budget 2020: Sitharaman quotes Kashmiri poem “Mera vatan nau jawaanon ke garam khoon jaisa”

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman commenced her Budget speech in the Lok Sabha on Saturday by quoting a poem in Kashmiri and its Hindi translation.

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The poem talks about Shalimar Bagh and Dal Lake in Kashmir and underlines that the country is for every citizen.

It mentions that the situation in the Kashmir Valley is turning normal after the abrogation of Article 370.

FM Nirmala Sitharaman recites a verse in Kashmiri and translates it in Hindi, 'Humara watan khilte hue Shalimar bagh jaise, humara watan Dal lake mein khilte hue kamal jaisa, nau jawanon ke garam khoon jaisa, mera watan tera watan, humara watan, duniya ka sabse pyara watan' pic.twitter.com/qzehWw9dsX

— ANI (@ANI) February 1, 2020

“Humara watan khilte hue Shalimar bagh jaise, humara watan Dal lake mein khilte hue kamal jaisa, nau jawanon ke garam khoon jaisa, mera watan tera watan, humara watan, duniya ka sabse pyara watan,” she said. (UNI)