The study tour members of National Defence College met Governor Balramji Dass Tandon at Raj Bhawan here on Monday.The delegation held discussions related to insurgency, development, investment, education, infrastructure, tribal development and socio-economic status in tribal areas.Tandon informed the delegation that both the Central and State Governments are working jointly for elimination of insurgency in parts of the State.
He said that the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh during his recent visit in Chhattisgarh had assured of giving full support to deal with the problem. Tandon said that the State Government is working with a strategy at grass-roots level to tackle the insurgency problem. “We need to raise the morale of the troops deployed in the insurgency hit areas and to prepare them mentally,” said Tandon.
The Governor asked the defence officers to understand the ground reality by visiting these areas and give the feedback to the seniors.The officers appreciated the faith reposed by rural people of Bastar division in democracy by participating in the elections despite security challenges. Tandon shared his experiences and incidents in Amritsar (Punjab) during the Indo-Pak war in 1965.
Principal Secretary to the Governor Sunil Kujur, Major General SK Saini, Special Secretary Dr Kamlapreet Singh, law Officer Prabhat Kumar Shastri, AIG Sheikh Arif Hussain, Tour Coordinator Raghav Prasad Bhatnagar, Brigadier Narinder Singh, Hemant Priyadarshi (IPS), Colonel John Boswell of New Zealand Army, Air Commodore Makrand Ranade, Brigadier Adosh Kumar, Colonel Hironobu Tanka, Brigadier Tarun Kumar Aich, Brigadier Iteshamus Samad Chaudhri of Bangladesh Army, Commodore Rajaram Swaminathan, Colonel Simon Thomset of MBE United Kingdom Army, Brigadier Hari Singh, Brigadier Manik Kumar Das, Brigadier A Arun and Colonel Francisco Nouruez of Ecuador Army were present in the meeting.