Overview
- At Sainik School Gorakhpur, he opened a 1,000-plus-seat auditorium named for India’s first Chief of Defence Staff on the fourth anniversary of General Bipin Rawat’s death.
- He unveiled Rawat’s statue, installed by the GBR Memorial Foundation of India, and released a booklet on the general’s life.
- He cautioned against efforts to divide society by caste, region or language, comparing such actors to Jaichand and Mir Jafar.
- He alleged that when these forces gain power they enrich their families and buy assets abroad, claiming they weaken and impoverish the nation.
- Assam Rifles chief Lieutenant General Vikas Lakhera praised Rawat’s service as worthy of being remembered in golden letters.