• Rajnath Singh visits Jammu to attend the 'Kargil Vijay Diwas' programme today

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    Rajnath Singh visits Jammu to attend the 'Kargil Vijay Diwas' programme today

    Rajnath Singh, the Union Defense Minister, will travel to Jammu and Kashmir to participate in the celebration of Kargil Vijay Diwas in Jammu.


    Digital Desk: Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is scheduled to visit Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday to attend the Kargil Vijay Diwas commemoration ceremony.


    "Tomorrow, July 24, I will be in Jammu for a programme commemorating 'Kargil Vijay Diwas.' I'm excited about it, "On Saturday, Rajnath Singh tweeted.


    Rajnath Singh is expected to arrive today, accompanied by RSS general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale, to address a gathering at Gulshan ground near Jammu University.


    The Indian Army is also preparing for the 23rd Kargil Vijay Diwas, which will be held at the Kargil War Memorial. Every year on July 26, Kargil Vijay Diwas is observed to commemorate India's victory over Pakistan in the Kargil War in 1999.


    Meanwhile, preparations for a three-day event at the Kargil War Memorial are underway. Several programmes will be held in the area, attended by army and civil administration dignitaries, as well as gallantry awardees and their families.


    Earlier on Friday, the Kargil Vijay Diwas motorcycle rally, which began at the National War Memorial in Delhi, arrived in Srinagar, where riders laid a wreath at the Chinar War Memorial at Badami Bagh Cantonment to honour the brave hearts who made the ultimate sacrifice. 


    Lieutenant General BS Raju, Vice Chief of Army Staff, led the rally from the National War Memorial in New Delhi on July 18 to commemorate the valiant soldiers of the Indian Army during the Kargil War. 


    The rally is travelling along two axes, according to Srinagar-based PRO Defence Colonel Emron Musavi: Delhi-Srinagar-Zojila-Kargil-Dras and Delhi-Chandigarh-Rohtang-Leh-Dras.