Aside from the hard-hitting politics on the valedictory operate of Bharat Jodo Yatra, the high-profile politicians and company current in Kashmir appeared to have made some nice and stunning reminiscences owing to the in a single day snowfall within the serene chilly Himalayan valley.

Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi, the brother-sister duo, indulged in what Kashmiris name ‘Sheeni jung’ or throwing snow over one another, a glimpse of which they shared with their social media followers on Facebook.

Rahul’s Facebook web page shared a 37-second video with Abha Hanjura’s “Hukus Bukus” ballad monitor within the background. Kashmiri children would typically benefit from the melodic rhythm of conventional people ‘Hukus Bukus Teli-Wan Che-Kus’ from their elders to lull them to sleep or recite amongst themselves once they would play indoors throughout winters marking one another palms on every melodic phrase.

The video begins with Rahul, carrying his white T-shit and a half jacket, hiding two snowballs in his palms which he smashes on Priyanka’s head who rushes to rub snow over his woolen cap and beardy cheeks earlier than the 2 siblings give one another a hug .

“Sheen Mubarak! A stupendous final morning on the #BharatJodoYatra campsite, in Srinagar,” Rahul wrote on Facebook, though many average Kashmiris would take exception to ‘sheen mubarak’ saying it was a way to romanticize the difficulties which snowfall brings on ordinary people.

Later, while delivering his speech during BJY function at SK Stadium, Rahul was seen in a gray Kashmiri pheran. Many times, politicians have worn pheran in Kashmir in an attempt to strike a chord with the common Kashmiris. PM Narendra Modi also wore it in the stadium in 2014.

Wearing a karakuli cap, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, while starting his speech at Sher-i-Kashmir Stadium, could not help but express his surprise at the snowfall in Kashmir.

“Snow is falling. We have come from Karnataka and it is a new thing that this much snow falls. We have not seen this, it is a novel ambiance,” he mentioned.

Karnataka Congress President DK Shivakumar was astonished by the great thing about Valley significantly after snowfall and launched a video.

For many frequent yatris, it was a very totally different expertise a few of whom had worn a number of layers of garments to keep at bay chill.

“It is a mesmerizing feeling. Never had I imagined I’d expertise Kashmir beneath a blanket of snow,” said a yatri from UP.

Meanwhile, Union information and broadcasting minister and BJP leader Anurag Thakur took a political jibe at Rahul Gandhi over his snowfall escapades.

“Rahul ji and Priyanka ji while playing with snowballs and having a picnic should thank Modi ji that today because of him you, your family, your party, your leaders and workers are roaming in Kashmir fearlessly… they are able to hoist the flag at the Lal Chowk. But far from thanking, you are doing politics here too,” he mentioned.