Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday said that the supreme and unparallel sacrifice made by the valiant soldiers during the Kargil war will ever inspire our youth to serve the country selflessly with missionary zeal and patriotic fervour.
Mann, interacting with the media persons on the sidelines of a function to mark the Kargil Vijay Diwas at a War Memorial in Chandigarh’s Sector-3, said that Kargil Vijay Diwas is a symbol of extraordinary valour of the Indian Armed forces as the Indian soldiers had scripted an unprecedented tale of sacrifice, heroism, and valour during this war.
“Despite all odds, the Indian soldiers defeated the Pakistani armed forces that had intruded in Kargil, Drass, and Batalik areas in July 1999,” he said.
Earlier, the Chief Minister laid a wreath at the War Memorial at the Bougainvillea Garden in Chandigarh and saluted the brave sons of Punjab who laid their lives during the Kargil Operations.