CHANDIGARH: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday dedicated the Military Literature Festival (MLF) 2020 to all great warriors who have attained supreme sacrifice in service of the motherland. Inaugurating the festival through a virtual ceremony on Friday, Rajnath Singh said it was only befitting that MLF was conceived and conceptualised in Punjab, the land of heroic martial traditions.
If this festival of celebration of Defence culture and traditions could have come up anywhere, it had to be Punjab, Rajnath Singh remarked, lauding the organisers for sculpting a viable platform for offering a peep into army culture to our youngsters aspiring to take up forces as a career.
Regretting his inability to attend the gala event last year due to extended Parliament session, the Defence Minister congratulated the organisers and expressed great satisfaction to see the platform developing into a steady and meaningful means of enhancing greater understanding about matters military amongst our public at large. I was keeping track of all the activities including book discussions, panel discussions and daredevil feats being performed by our soldiers at MLF last year, he revealed.
Underlining the ever-evolving nature of warfare in global scenarios, the Defence Minister urged people especially youngsters, to acquaint themselves with defence way of life to act as a formidable shield in case of need. Today mobile is as potent a weapon as missile and our youngsters must leverage and complement our forces by leading research in the cyber, biological and information domain, he added.
Speaking on the occasion, Punjab Governor V.P.S. Badnore said that given the rich martial traditions of the region of Punjab, it comes as no surprise that this region is a treasure trove of military events since times immemorial.