Army Chief General Bikram Singh has expressed his happiness on Jharkhand Government’s cooperation. Singh, who had a formal half an hour interaction with Chief Minister Hemant Soren at Project building on Saturday said that Army was getting full support from the State Government’s part.
While sharing his views with the mediapersons after the high-level meeting, he told that both CM and State police are working quite well here. However, he did not comment over border relations. “As of now, I would not comment anything,” he said. General Bikram Singh reached Ranchi on Friday for a two-day visit to Cockerel Division accompanied by his wife Bubbles Singh who is the president of Army Wives Welfare Association. He was also accompanied by lt Gen Gyan Bhushan, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) South Western Command on this occasion.
The Army Chief then went to Jamshedpur in the evening where he shared his views through an interactive session titled ‘Window on World-Your Army’ with the top Tata Steel executives at the Steelanium Hall inside Tata Steel works. On Saturday, after inaugurating the18 hole new Golmuri (Nildih) Golf Course in Jamshedpur, which was earlier a none hole golf course, he came back Ranchi and met the CM.
According to officials, the Army Chief discussed various issues relating to welfare of Ex-Serviceman such as foundation of Jharkhand Ex-Servicemen Corporation (JEXCO) for generating more employment opportunities for Ex-Servicemen and establishment of Defence Pension Disbursement Office (DPDO) in Jharkhand.
The interaction was basically a courtesy to meet the head of a State. Both the dignitaries were known to have exchanged mementos as an honour.