Defence Minister Rajnath Singh met the soldiers of the Bihar Regiment during a visit to forward areas in Ladakh on Friday, his office said on Sunday. The 16 Bihar Regiment had lost the maximum number of soldiers among the 20 killed in a bloody skirmish with the Chinese in the Galwan valley on June 15. The regiment lost its commanding officer Colonel B Santosh Babu also in the brawl. Rajnath’s office tweeted a video of the Defence Minister speaking with the soldiers, patting them on the shoulder.
The video shows the minister having tea with soldiers from 16 Bihar. In the clip, the minister is seen mingling with the soldiers who were introduced to him by 14 Corps commander Lieutenant General Harinder Singh who can be heard telling the minister that the commanding officer killed in the skirmish was from their unit.