Rajnath Singh pays tribute to soldiers at Dras war memorial

TIL Desk/National/Srinagar/ Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh visited the Kargil War Memorial in Dras in Jammu and Kashmir Saturday and paid tributes to the Indian soldiers killed during the Kargil war. The Union Minister is also scheduled to inaugurate two bridges in Kathua and Basantar later in the day.

Rajnath’s visit to the memorial comes days ahead of the celebration of the 20th anniversary of Operation Vijay by Indian Army. The Kargil war was fought between India and Pakistan between May and July 1999 in the Kargil district of Kashmir and along the Line of Control (LOC).

Singh had taken to Twitter to inform about his day-long trip to Jammu and Kashmir in the morning. “Leaving New Delhi for Drass on a day-long visit to J&K. Shall visit the Kargil War Memorial to pay tributes to the fallen soldiers. I shall also be visiting Jammu region where two bridges built by BRO at Ujh in Kathua and Basantar in Samba will be dedicated to the nation,” Rajnath tweeted.