NATIONAL UNITY DAY CELEBRATED ON THE INDIA-PAKISTAN BORDER

Raj Sadosh/Abohar.

In observance of National Unity Day being celebrated across the country, a programme was held at the Hindumalkot post; about 31 km from Abohar, on the India-Pakistan border, and a pledge of patriotism was taken.

Giving information, Border Area Development Front president Lila Dhār Sharma said that a team from New Delhi, including Rajiv Aggarwal, General Secretary of the Bharatiya Lok Shiksha Parishad, and Madhuri Aggarwal, in-charge of the central women’s department and rural development wing of Ekal Foundation of India, along with the team, paid homage to the statue of Bharat Mata at the post and sang patriotic songs. They praised the Border Security Force officers and jawans for their strict vigilance at the border and their service to the nation.

On this occasion, tributes were also paid to freedom fighter and India’s first Home Minister Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel, iron man of India, on his 151st birth anniversary.