New Delhi: Even as India on Thursday paid its last respects to late Colonel Munindra Nath Rai martyred in anti-terror operations in Jammu and Kashmir, the Central government which claims to have adopted a strong stand on security related issues was conspicuously missing from the scene.
Several senior Army officers including Army Chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag were present to pay homage to Colonel Rai, but no senior minister from the Central government showed up to offer their respects to the martyr or offer condolences to his family.
The cremation took place in the national capital and even with senior ministers including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Manohar Parrikkar present in the city, not even a single representative from the government arrived at the cremation ground to place a wreath on the martyr's mortal remains.
No senior minister from the Central government showed up to offer their respects to the martyr or offer condolences to his family.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj had in January 2014 said that India should get at least 10 heads of Pakistani soldier after Indian trooper Lance Naik Hemraj of Rajputana Rifles was beheaded during a border skirmish in Jammu and Kashmir. Singh was killed on the Line of Control and his severed head was allegedly paraded by the Pakistan Army.
While the Uttar Pradesh government announced a compensation of Rs 30 lakh for Col Rai's family as he was a native of Derhgava village in Sohaval area of the state's Ghazipur district, the Central government is yet to do so.
Colonel Munindra Nath Rai, the commanding officer of 42 Rashtriya Rifles, was martyred along with Jammu and Kashmir Police constable Sanjeev Singh in an encounter with Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists in Tral area of Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday evening. Commissioned into the 2/9 Gorkha Rifles, the 39-year-old Colonel was honoured with a Yudh Sena Medal on Republic Day, just a day before he was killed in the encounter.
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ReplyDeleteEarlier I told every body that NDA cum Modi Government is totally dead against with Poor, Common and Central Government Employees but very good to Corp orates like Reliance s, Adani Groups and its similar categories. Our main cursed for the Nation is Bureaucrat Lobbies
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ReplyDeletePart, they are glued to there seats, not even a single condolence message from concerned people
Disgraceful that no representative from the central Government was present.If this is the treatment to a martyre who sacrificed his life for the nation then one shudders to think about the soldiers who are ever ready to lay their life for the nation.
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ReplyDeleteAny how condolence from Ms Sonia Gandhi has been received by the victim's wife during last day but no response either from Modi or from Manohar Parikkar . Very bad and shameful to us and Nation as we had voted to such type of party good for nothing to poor, common and CG Employees. During JCM meeting and all other points submitted reply is NO NO NO NO and they never say YES YES YES to any demand as an Indian we feel shamed on all the Politicians and Bureaucrats as they are cursed for the entire Nation and Society
Jab officer ke sath sarkar aisa bartav karti hai to aap andaja lagain ki ek jawan ka kya hal hoga. Jo neta angrejo ka sath dete thie wo aj savtanter sainai kahlate hai.
ReplyDeleteA soldier always shares all the miseries of the Nation and even in death must be prepared to face disdain ,disrespect and disregard even from those he secrificed his life so that they enjoy fully. It is his Karma to be treated so even in his death the salute of daughters negates all the miseries of a soldier's life. The draped Tricolour is the highest honour not to be polluted by the presence of the undeserving.
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