Lecture held on ‘Army: an example of friendly, secular armed force’

STATE TIMES NEWS

POONCH: A lecture with an aim to educate, spread awareness about the friendly and secular face of Indian Army was organised at Khanetar (Poonch) by local Rashtriya Rifles Battalion. The lecture was focused to encourage youth to join Armed Forces by providing them detailed information on best practices on religious faith being followed in Army. Friendly Armed Forces have always been a role model for all as far as maintaining peace and tranquility in the UT of J&K is concerned. From the past also plurality of religion, culture and communal concerns greatly influence secularism in India. It was informed to the audience that Army absolutely practices secularism with equal respect to all religions. Secularism is necessary for India’s integrity and our Armed forces are seen as role model for that. For an Indian soldier, his religion is Indian Army and motherland, where as the religion he belongs to doesn’t matter much to him. Our entire country needs to follow the footsteps of Indian Army and assist in Nation Building. The attendees applauded Army for keeping people friendly and secular approach in the Armed forces. A total of 30 locals including religious teachers of the area attended the lecture.