CM Rekha Gupta hoists Tricolour, urges Delhi to join Har Ghar Tiranga
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On the eve of Independence Day, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta hoisted the national Tricolour at the Mukhyamantri Jan Seva Sadan on 14 August 2026, formally joining the Har Ghar Tiranga campaign and calling on every Delhi resident to do the same.
Posting in Hindi, CM Gupta declared: 'तिरंगा हमारे स्वाभिमान, एकता और राष्ट्र के प्रति अटूट समर्पण का प्रतीक है' — 'The Tricolour is the symbol of our self-respect, unity, and unwavering dedication to the nation.' She credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call to action for transforming the campaign into a mass national celebration.
A campaign born in 2022, now in its fourth year
The Har Ghar Tiranga Abhiyan was launched in 2022 by the Ministry of Culture as the centrepiece of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav — India's commemoration of 75 years of independence. What began as a one-time milestone push has since become an annual fixture around 15 August, with citizens encouraged each year to hoist the flag at home and upload a selfie to harghartiranga.com.
The digital upload portal is the campaign's most visible participation metric — a way for the government to count and publicise scale. CM Gupta's post explicitly directed Delhi's citizens to photograph themselves with the flag and submit the image to the site, amplifying the #HarGharTiranga and #HGT2026 hashtags.
Delhi's symbolic weight in a national moment
The choice of venue matters. The Mukhyamantri Jan Seva Sadan — the Chief Minister's public grievance centre — is a working administrative building, not a ceremonial monument. Hoisting the flag there frames the gesture as governance meeting patriotism: the state apparatus visibly participating in a citizen-facing campaign.
As the national capital, Delhi's participation figures on harghartiranga.com will be closely watched ahead of the 15 August main celebrations. Upload numbers from the city traditionally attract attention as a barometer of urban engagement with the campaign.
The Tricolour flies over millions of homes again this year. Whether Delhi's count rises above prior editions is the number to watch come morning.