Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, Shri Kiren Rijiju & legendary singer Ms. Asha Bhosle visit Arunachal Pradesh to celebrate Raksha Bandhan with troops in border areas

Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, Shri Kiren Rijiju & legendary singer Ms. Asha Bhosle visit Arunachal Pradesh to celebrate Raksha Bandhan with troops in border areas The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Commerce & Industry, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman and Minister of State for Home Affairs Shri Kiren Rijiju visited Tawang, a border area of Arunachal Pradesh on August 17-18, 2016 as a part of the campaign launched to celebrate the 70th year of Independence. Smt. Sitharaman tied rakhis to Jawans of Forces deployed at the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) Border Out Post (BOP) at Lumla, one of one of the remotest BOPs on India-China Border, on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan yesterday. Raksha Bandhan was celebrated in a function at the picturesque location of Dolma Lakhang where Smt. Sitharaman tied Rakhis to the Army and Paramilitary Jawans. Addressing the function, she emphasized the importance of Tawang as one of the most important places from both strategic and religious point of view and assured of all cooperation from her Ministry for development of the region. She termed her experience of Tawang as an enriching one and expressed her gratefulness to the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi for his unique initiative to honour the soldiers who face all type of difficulties to secure our borders and protect us. In her morale boosting address for men in uniform she spoke of her visit to Tawang War Memorial, terming it as an emotional one and thanked the forces for their umpteen sacrifices for the cause of nation. Further, assuring of her cooperation in all the matters related to the development of the area she said that interest of Arunachal Pradesh is a priority and that the Central government is fully committed for the development of the region. Shri Rijiju apprised the gathering about the plans chalked out by the government to mark the 70th year of Independence and said that the same is being done to pay tribute to the martyrs of Indian Freedom Struggle and also to boost the morale of the forces and contact the masses residing in the border areas. He reiterated the steps being taken by the Union government for development of the region. He also assured restoration of damaged roads and improving connectivity wherever required apart from taking up the issue of the restoration of damages caused in the landslides. Later Shri Rijiju, along with the legendary singer Ms. Asha Bhosle, visited Bomdila, Arunachal Pradesh yesterday and celebrated the Raksha Bandhan festival with the jawans of the Indian paramilitary forces and the Army, which is a part of the 70th year of Independence celebrations. Ms. Asha Bhosle expressed her happiness on visiting this beautiful town in western part of Arunachal Pradesh and thanked Shri Rijiju for providing this opportunity to her for interacting with the members of the Forces in the border area. Shri Rijiju appreciated the tremendous sacrifices made by the members of the Indian Armed Forces towards the safety and security of the nation. He also thanked Ms. Asha Bhosle for coming all the way to motivate the jawans. The Government of India is commemorating the 70th year of Independence in a big way and a special 15-day celebratory campaign called Azadi-70 celebrations" has been launched from 9th to 23rd August, 2016 throughout the country. As a part of this initiative, a musical programme was organized last evening at Buddha Stadium at Bomdila. The personnel from SSB, ITBP, BRO and Army, apart from the general public, attended in huge numbers. The main aim of this programme was to acknowledge the great contribution that our Forces Personnel are making in securing our borders, raise their morale and also provide some entertainment to them.

Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, Shri Kiren Rijiju & legendary singer Ms. Asha Bhosle visit Arunachal Pradesh to celebrate Raksha Bandhan with troops in border areas

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