During the protest against farm laws in front of DC Office in Bathinda, Monday. Harmeet Sodhi
The presence of a man in Army uniform participating in the farmers’ protest outside the Deputy Commissioner’s office in Bathinda Monday has now got the intelligence agencies trying to ascertain his true identity and confirm if he is a serving soldier or an imposter.
In photographs, printed in the newspapers and shared multiple times on social media, the Sikh man is seen holding a placard which says “My father is a farmer. If he is a terrorist then I am also a terrorist”. He is wearing a combat pattern uniform with a jacket and a camouflaged scarf wrapped around his face. His attire appears to be the standard Army uniform, which also displays a name tag on the jacket.
A file photo of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. | Rahul Gandhi/Twitter
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and other members of his party on Wednesday walked out of a meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence, alleging that they were not allowed to speak or discuss matters of national security, PTI reported, citing unidentified officials.
The panel’s chairperson and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Jual Oram stopped Gandhi from speaking, when the latter sought to raise the matter of Chinese aggression along the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh.
The confrontation took place during a discussion on the uniforms of the Army, Navy and Air Force in the presence of the Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat. Gandhi intervened saying that instead of discussing uniforms, the political leadership should deliberate upon matters of national security and figure out ways to strengthen the forces who are fighting the Chinese troops in Ladakh.
In India, Japan Air Force chief talks ties
Japan Air Self Defense Force General Izutsu Shunji reached India on December 9, and has held meetings with the military leadership. December 11, 2020 3:42:58 am
General Izutsu Shunji met Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on December 10. (Photo: Twitter/ @DefenceMinIndia)
Japan’s Air Force Chief has held talks with the defence leadership of India during his visit to the country and discussed broader cooperation, weeks after India, US, Japan and Australia participated in the
Malabar Naval Exercise for the first time since 2007. Japan and India, along with the US and Australia, are members of Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, or the Quad.
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