Governor Balramji Das Tandon flagged off the Army recruitment rally held here at Pt Ravi Shankar Shukla University on Monday.
Speaking on the occasion, he said that the Army and country is proud of their soldiers.
“Soldiers have set examples by their supreme sacrifice for the nation. It is quite important that soldiers have patriotism. If a soldier moves with this feeling then he is equal to 100 soldiers,” the Governor said.
The Governor mentioned that he for first time got a chance to see the selection process of the Armed forces and found it fair.
“Army has better career opportunities and the enthusiasm with which youth of Chhattisgarh are taking part in recruitment rally, definitely the participation of youth from this State will increase,” the Governor noted.
Notably the five-day Army recruitment rally which started on November 24 saw participation of youths from 20 districts of the State.
According to Colonel Suhail Zaidi, Director, Army Recruitment Office Raipur earlier a similar recruitment rally was held in Kanker from November 6 till 9. We had received encouraging response in Kanker where about 14,000 youths took part in the rally, the Colonel informed.
The occasion was marked with presence of Deputy Director General Chhattisgarh-Madhya Pradesh Brigadier Sunil Gupta, COSA Commander, Ashutosh Sirotiya and other officers.