Rajya Sabha MP Tarun Vijay has said that the credit for ‘War Memorial’ in State capital goes to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar. In a statement the BJP MP also made an appeal to rise above petty party politics on ‘Shourya Sthal’ the War memorial of the State.
Vijay whose role was instrumental in getting necessary clearances from the Ministry of Defence (MOD), said that untiring effort of many armed force veteran organisations ensured that the war memorial is established at Cheer Bagh. He claimed that he is possession of letters by some political leaders who tried to stonewall the process of clearance of land for War Memorial. The BJP leader however added that he is not interested in politicising the issue.
Congratulating the State BJP President, Ajay Bhatt on his birthday, Vijay requested him to issue guidance for schemes worth `50 lakhs from his MP local Area Development Fund. Rolling out the concept of, ‘Sainik Grams’, Vijay declared that he would spend better part of his MP fund in those villages where the population of families with armed forces background is 20 percent or more. According to a rough estimate the number of ex servicemen in the State is more than 1 lakh.