Dehradun, 3 Oct: On the occasion of 152nd Gandhi Jayanti and117th birth anniversary of former PM Lal Bahadur Shastri momentos and shawls were presented to various dedicated social workers of Doon. Dr S Farooq was the Chief Guest on this occasion This program was held under aegis of Asha Tamta Senior Vice President, Mahila Congress, and President Social Justice Foundation. During this program Dehradun Ex-Services League, Vice President six senior defence veterans were felicitated on the occasion of the 152nd Gandhi Jayanti and 117th birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. They were presented mementos and shawls for their dedicated services of more than 30 years in the armed forces for the safety honour and welfare of the country.
On this occasion Asha Tamta expressed pride in organising this event for the brave veterans, who are all more than 80 years of age and had taken part in both Indo-Pak operations of 1965 and 1971.. He expressed his gratitude to the soldiers for guarding the borders so that each and every citizen of the country could sleep soundly at night. He also interacted with the veterans. The Chief Guest also thanked Asha Tamta for organising the event on the auspicious day.
All veterans present recalled their experiences of various operations in which they took part.
They also urged the Government to provide the latest arms, equipment and technology to face the present day warfare. Mementos and Shawls were presented to Brig KG Behl (Retd), Cols KS Mann, BD Gambhir, RP Jairath SS Thapa and BM Thapa (Retd). from Col BM Thapa (Retd), During this program Dinesh Bhandari, Sujata Paul Maliah, Dr Pratima Singh, Kamlesh Raman, GS Jassal, Madan Lal, Priya Gulati, Manish Nagpal, Shering Luding, Rama Goel, Dr Indu Singh, Dewesh Kumar, and many others.
Brave citizens and veterans felicitated on Gandhi Jayanti
