Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi stressed the need of forwarding more assistance to the family members of the security forces in the country so that they can serve the nation without having any tension for their families.
Addressing a function after laying the foundation stone of a CRPF recruitment center at Trisundi in his Parliamentary constituency, Rahul Gandhi, said that the security forces are now facing double tension-- one to protect the country's unity and integrity and another on their family issues. So necessary steps should be taken in this regard to give them free hand to guard the borders and in maintain peace and let the government and their departments took care of their kin.
''Presently UP contributes 17 per cent of the total security forces in the country but the government has only able to solve the 40 per cent problem of the security personal on their family issue,'' he said pointing towards urgent need of forwarding more help. The Congress vice-president also narrated his meeting with a security personnel in Punjab, who said that he was encouraged to serve the nation.'' The youth said that he was every time angry on every petty things but after he joined the security forces, his anger died,'' Rahul Gandhi said while asked the youths to keep down their anger and serve the nation. He said that the new CRPF recruitment centre in Amethi, first in UP and sixth in the country, would certainly benefit the youths of the region.
Speaking on the occasion, Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde announced that the government was considering to provide all benefits to the retired para- military forces similar on the line of defense personnel. Shinde also honoured wives of CRPF jawans Aamjeet Yadav and Vinod Kumar Yadav, who lost their lives during a naxalite attack in Chhattisgarh on April 6, 2010. Union minister of state for Home R P N Singh was also present in the function. later all the three along with senior officials of Home Department as well as that of CRPF fly back forDelhi.
Rahul was on three days visit to his constituency along with his sister Priyanka Gandhi. They mainly concentrated on strengthening of the Organisation at District and block level. While Priyanka left for New Delhi on Wednesday evening, Rahul completed his tour on Thursday. Meanwhile, panic gripped at the Chowdhary Charan Singh International Airpory at Amausi when VVIP chartered flight carrying Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and his deputy R P N Singh along with senior officials of Home Department, made an unscheduled landing on Thursday evening. Senior officers of the district rushed to the airport to take stalk of the security arrangements as besides Rahul was a SPG protectee, union home minister was also in the plane.
According to airport officials the unscheduled landing was done as the weather near Delhi airport was bad. The special flight which took off from Furshatganj airport in the state was carrying back the dignitaries to New Delhi. Sources said that the VVIP aircraft was stranded at the airport for about 2 hours before it took off for New Delhi after clearance. Earlier Rahul Gandhi along with Union Home minister had laid the foundation stone of a CRPF recruitment center at Trisundi of Amethi parliamentary constituency of the Congress vice-president.