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  • Rahul to put basis stone of memorial housing ‘Chhattisgarh Amar Jawan Jyoti’ on Thursday

    By means of PTI

    NEW DELHI: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi will on Thursday lay the root stone of a memorial in Chhattisgarh’s Raipur for infantrymen and safety workforce who misplaced their lives within the line of accountability and can space an everlasting flame at the traces of the ‘Amar Jawan Jyoti’.

    The everlasting flame might be lit at the premises of ‘Chaithi Vahini Chhattisgarh Defense force’ at Mana in Raipur as a mark of tribute to infantrymen who’ve sacrificed their lives for the rustic, state govt officers stated.

    Throughout his day-long talk over with to Chhattisgarh, Gandhi will even release two state govt schemes — ‘Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Bhumiheen Krishi Mazdoor Nyay Yojana’ and ‘Rajiv Yuva Mitan Membership’ at a programme at Science School, Raipur.

    The ‘Chhattisgarh Amar Jawan Jyoti’ may have a brown marble wall with names of infantrymen inscribed on it, a memorial tower and in addition a VVIP platform, the state govt officers stated.

    The crescent-shaped wall might be about 25 ft prime with a period of about 100 ft and a thickness of three ft.

    In entrance of the crescent-shaped wall, a memorial tower might be constructed the usage of sandstone, brown-white marble and granite with a souvenir on best.

    A rifle and helmet within the type of insignia might be positioned on the base in entrance of the memorial tower.

    “Chhattisgarh Amar Jawan Jyoti might be lit in entrance of this image which can stay ignited 24 hours via gasoline provide via underground pipelines,” the officers stated, including that the two-storey development might be built simply in entrance of the memorial tower.

    The ‘Amar Jawan Jyoti’ at India Gate in Delhi used to be just lately merged with the Nationwide Battle Memorial (NWM), drawing complaint from some political leaders, together with Gandhi and Chhattisgarh Leader Minister Bhupesh Baghel.

    Baghel had stated the removing of the Amar Jawan Jyoti pained him. Gandhi may also be laying the root stone of ‘Sewa Gram’. He’s going to switch the primary instalment of the ‘Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Bhumiheen Krishi Mazdoor Nyay Yojana’ within the financial institution accounts of three,55,000 landless agricultural labourers registered beneath the scheme.

    An quantity of Rs 6,000 might be immediately transferred to the beneficiaries’ accounts in 3 instalments in a yr. The state govt has made a provision of Rs 200 crore within the supplementary finances for this scheme, the officers stated.

    Underneath the ‘Rajiv Yuva Mitan Membership’ scheme, 13,269 Rajiv Yuva Mitan Golf equipment might be constituted in each and every of the gram panchayats and concrete our bodies of the state in a phased approach, they stated. Kids gets a possibility to ascertain their identification and increase their management abilities beneath this scheme, they stated.

  • Ex-servicemen specific combined reactions on merger of Amar Jawan Jyoti with NWM’s everlasting flame

    Through PTI

    NEW DELHI: Ex-servicemen expressed combined reactions at the Centre’s resolution to extinguish and merge the Amar Jawan Jyoti at India Gate with the everlasting flame on the Nationwide Conflict Memorial (NWM) right here on Friday.

    Former Air Vice Marshal Manmohan Bahadur tagged High Minister Narendra Modi on Twitter and asked him to rescind the verdict.

    “Sir, the everlasting flame at India Gate is a part of India’s psyche. You, I and our era grew up saluting our courageous jawans there,” he mentioned.

    Whilst Nationwide Conflict Memorial is superb, the reminiscences of Amar Jawan Jyoti are indelible, Bahadur famous.

    Then again, Former Lieutenant Normal Satish Dua expressed “nice delight” on merging the Amar Jawan Jyoti with the NWM’s everlasting flame.

    “As somebody who had instructed the design variety and development of the NWM, I were of this view all alongside that India Gate is a memorial to the fallen heroes of First Global Conflict,” Dua mentioned.

    The Amar Jawan Jyoti used to be added in 1972 as we didn’t have every other memorial, he discussed.

    The NWM can pay homage to the warriors who had been killed in motion after the rustic’s independence and all homage ceremonies had been shifted to the brand new memorial already, he famous.

    High Minister Narendra Modi had on February 25, 2019, inaugurated the NWM, the place names of 25,942 squaddies had been inscribed in golden letters on granite capsules.

    Former Military Leader Normal Ved Malik additionally supported the Centre’s resolution to merge the flames.

    He mentioned on Twitter that it’s “a herbal factor” to merge flames now because the NWM has been established and all ceremonials associated with remembrance and honouring squaddies killed in motion are being held there.

    Former Colonel Rajendra Bhaduri mentioned the Amar Jawan Jyoti is sacred and needn’t be extinguished.

    “India Gate has names of Indian squaddies who died in wars. It’s immaterial who built it,” Bhaduri mentioned on Twitter.

    The Amar Jawan Jyoti used to be built as a memorial for Indian squaddies who had been killed in motion within the 1971 Indo-Pak warfare, which India gained, resulting in the advent of Bangladesh.

    It used to be inaugurated by means of the then high minister, Indira Gandhi, on January 26, 1972.

    Former Lieutenant Normal Kamal Jit Singh mentioned on Friday that when the NWM’s inauguration, it’s logical to unify each the flames.

    “Rationalise more than one memorials in penny packets,” he mentioned on Twitter.

    Former Lieutenant Colonel Anil Duhoon mentioned on Twitter that “If one can not make it then destroy it” is the BJP’s mantra for brand new India.

    He mentioned the Amar Jawan Jyoti is just too sacred to be touched or relocated.

    “Why can not they have got two of them? Can not perceive their functioning,” Duhoon added.

    Govt resources mentioned it used to be an atypical factor to look that the flame at Amar Jawan Jyoti paid homage to the martyrs of the 1971 and different wars however none in their names are provide there.

    The names inscribed at the India Gate are of only a few martyrs who fought for the British within the Global Conflict-1 and the Anglo Afghan Conflict and thus is an emblem of our colonial previous, the federal government resources mentioned.

    They mentioned the names of all Indian martyrs from the entire wars, together with 1971 and wars prior to and after it are housed on the Nationwide Conflict Memorial.

    Therefore this is a true homage to have the flame paying tribute to martyrs there, they added.

  • Extinguishing Amar Jawan Jyoti tantamounts to extinguishing historical past: Congress

    By means of PTI

    NEW DELHI: The Congress on Friday accused the BJP govt of “casting off historical past” by means of extinguishing the Amar Jawan Jyoti on the India Gate right here and merging it with the immortal flame on the Nationwide Battle Memorial.

    Former Congress leader Rahul Gandhi hit out, announcing some other people can’t perceive patriotism and sacrifice, and added that the Congress will mild the Amar Jawan Jyoti as soon as once more.

    “This can be a topic of serious disappointment that the immortal flame for our courageous squaddies might be extinguished nowadays. Some other people can’t perceive patriotism and sacrifice – by no means thoughts…We can as soon as once more mild the ‘Amar Jawan Jyoti’ for our squaddies,” Gandhi mentioned in a tweet in Hindi.

    Govt assets maintained there’s numerous incorrect information at the topic, and mentioned the flame of the Amar Jawan Jyoti isn’t being extinguished, however is being merged with the flame on the Nationwide Battle Memorial.

    BJP chief Sambit Patra additionally echoed the federal government view in a tweet.

    Congress chief Manish Tewari alleged that extinguishing the flame tantamounts to casting off historical past.

    “Extinguishing Amar Jawan Jyoti tantamounts to extinguishing historical past. For it commentates sacrifice of the ones 3,483 courageous squaddies who cleaved Pakistan into two portions and redrew map of South Asia publish partition,” he mentioned on Twitter.

    Tewari mentioned it’s ironical that within the fiftieth yr of liberation of Bangladesh Govt appears to be running extra time to erase India’s greatest hour in publish impartial historical past.

    “Amar Jawan Jyoti is imbued within the nationwide awareness. A thousand million other people have grown up venerating it. Why can not India have two everlasting flames? Amar Jawan Jyoti and Nationwide Battle Memorial.

    “Redeveloping the Central Vista was once hubris sufficient however extinguishing the everlasting flame at India Gate is little short of a criminal offense. I’m shocked that the country is silent as a countrywide icon could be snuffed out within the venture to re-write historical past,” the previous union minister mentioned.

    Govt assets mentioned it was once an extraordinary factor to peer that the flame at Amar Jawan Jyoti paid homage to the martyrs of the 1971 and different wars however none in their names are provide there.

    The names inscribed at the India Gate are of just a few martyrs who fought for the British within the Global Battle 1 and the Anglo Afghan Battle and thus is an emblem of our colonial previous, the federal government assets mentioned.

    They mentioned the names of all Indian martyrs from all of the wars, together with 1971 and wars sooner than and after it are housed on the Nationwide Battle Memorial.

    Therefore this is a true homage to have the flame paying tribute to martyrs there, they added.

    Patra mentioned, “It’s ironic that individuals who didn’t make a Nationwide Battle Memorial for seven a long time are actually creating a hue and cry when an enduring and becoming tribute is being made to our martyrs”.