Chandigarh, December 18

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday dedicated the Military Literature Festival (MLF) 2020 to all great warriors who have attained supreme sacrifice in service of our motherland. Inaugurating the Festival through a virtual ceremony this morning, Rajnath Singh said it was only befitting that MLF was conceived and conceptualised in Punjab, the land of heroic martial traditions.

If this Festival of celebration of Defence culture and traditions could have come up anywhere, it had to be Punjab, Rajnath Singh remarked lauding the organisers for sculpting a viable platform for offering a peep into army culture to our youngsters aspiring to take up Forces as a career. 

Regretting his inability to attend the gala event last year due to extended Parliament Session, the Defence Minister congratulated the organisers and expressed great satisfaction to see the platform developing into a steady and meaningful means of enhancing greater understanding about matters military amongst our public at large. I was keeping track of all the activities including book discussions, panel discussions and daredevil feats being performed by our soldiers at MLF last year, he revealed.

MLF, the joint initiative of the distinguished military historian and Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh and Punjab Governor VP Singh Badnore in collaboration with Western Command has steadily earned brand presence in the region since inception in 2017.