JAISALMER: Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, who is on a five-day state visit, reached Jaisalmer on Sunday. He went to the Tanot Mata temple with his wife.
He also paid tribute at the the soldiers’ memorial at Vijay Stambh. He praised the BSF jawans for guarding the border in every situation. Governor Kalraj Mishra, Union minister of state for agriculture Kailash Choudhary, RS MP Rajendra Gehlot, BSF Rajasthan Frontier IG Pankaj Goomer and others were also present on the occasion.
Naidu also visited Longewala battle ground near the border. He wrote that at the Indo Pak border, standing at the sand dune in dusty thar desert and listening to the war stories and valour of our soldiers will always remain in the memory.
Naidu calling his visit to be knowledge travel wrote that he has visited various parts of the country and has always been trying to see and understand the prosperous diversity of the great country and has been calling upon the people to include in the mahayagya of change to make India the world guru. Praising the bravery of soldiers he wrote that longewala war has been the golden chapter of the strategic history which shows the strong intentions of the country, in which soldiers less in number stopped the enemy from moving ahead.
Writing about the reasons of 1971 war, Naidu said that war started due to atrocities by the Pak army on people in east Pakistan and a large number of refugees from there migrated to India. He said that in that 13 day war India won and people of Bangladesh got freedom from suppressing rule. He saluted the Indian soldiers for their attitude of never accepting defeat. He said the stories of longewala war are alive even today and are inspiring the generations of soldiers.
On reaching Jaisalmer, Naidu was welcomed by Governor Mishra, BD Kalla, Rajya Sabha MP Rajendra Gehlot, MLA Ruparam, district collector Ashish Modi, SP Ajay Singh and others.
