NEW DELHI – Seven Indian Army veterans joined the Bharatiya Janta Party(BJP) in the presence of Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman at the party’sheadquarters here on Saturday.
The Army veterans who have joined the BJP are Lt Gen JBS Yadav, Lt Gen R NSingh, Lt Gen SK Patyal, Lt Gen Sunit Kumar, Lt Gen Nitin Kohli, Colonel RKTripathi and Wing commander Navneet Magon.Speaking at a press conferencehere, the Defence Minister said, “It is indeed my pleasure to receive verywell decorated senior officers of the armed forces to the BJP.
They are not only very well decorated, but they have also held verysensitive and important portfolios. They are brave and have an academicbackground as well.”
“BJP benefits by the presence of all the presence of senior servicemen. BJPis grateful for them to join us.
They can guide us with respect to policy towards national security buildingand strategic offence. I welcome each one of them recognising the servicesdone by the for the nation,” she added.
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Lt Gen JBS Yadav, one of the seven who joined the party today, said, “Iwould like to thank BJP and its national president Amit Shah who havehonoured us by making us members of the party.” “Every man has the right tohave political freedom.
Our country is at a crucial stage and it is developing very fast. Its timefor retired soldiers like us to work for the country and participate in thepolitical process,” he added.
