Youth Congress pays tributes to slain soldiers

Tribune News Service

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Jalandhar, June 18

Members of the Youth Congress took out a candlelight march to pay homage to the Indian soldiers who lost their lives in a violent clash with Chinese army troops in Ladakh’s Galwan Valley.

The march started from the Punjab State War Memorial near the bus stand. Rajinder Beri, MLA, Jalandhar Central, joined the march along with Angad Dutta, president, Youth Congress, Jalandhar (Urban).

During the march, Rajinder Beri said though Army officers had been regularly apprising the government of alarming situation on the LAC, the government was more busy in its electoral battle and planning to topple Opposition government in states. “It seems the country is not Narendra Modi’s number one priority, but it is more concerned about how to rule all entire states of the country.”

Angad Dutta said the incident was shocking and unacceptable and the Congress party stood by the Central Government on the issue of national security, but the Prime Minister should inform the countrymen how China occupied our land and how our 20 soldiers were martyred. He said it was time now for the Centre to take some stringent measures as each sign of weakness would make China’s reaction more “belligerent”. He also thanked Capt Amarinder Singh for deciding to give jobs to kin of the four martyrs who laid down their lives in the clash.

He further said the event was held on the directions of PYC president Barinder Singh Dhillon. The candlemarch was being organised in all the constituencies of Jalandhar. Randeep Sandhu (president, AYC) Jalandhar Cantt, Jaskaran Sohi (general secretary, DYC) in Jalandhar (West), Parveen Kumar (president, AYC) in Jalandhar Central, Sunny Kumar (president, AYC) in Jalandhar North, Rocky Nahar in Jalandhar Cantt, Jai Abhishek Bhagat (general secretary, DYC) in Jalandhar also organised the candlemarch in their respective Assembly segments. Those who joined the protest in different areas were Abhishek Jain, Rohit Pathak, Ram Dayal, Sunny Narula, Ashish Thakur, Jodha Minhas and others.