Home Minister Rajnath Singh will celebrate Dussehra and perform ‘shastra puja’ in Bikaner along the highly sensitive Indo-Pak border with BSF jawans. During the two-day visit, the Home Minister will arrive in Bikaner on October 18, stay the night at the BOP, before celebrating the festival with the jawans on October 19, said Home Ministry officials.
Singh is expected to review the situation on the border and assess the progress in various infrastructure projects. He will attend a ‘Bada Khana’ (feast with the jawans) and address the security personnel, they said.
The 3,323-km-long Indo-Pak border is considered to be highly sensitive. Even though the border in Rajasthan is peaceful, the border guarding forces of the two countries often engaged in massive firing in Jammu & Kashmir, leading to loss of human lives and properties. Last year, the Home Minister had celebrated Dussehra at Joshimath in Uttarakhand along the Sino-Indian border with ITBP jawans.