Rajnath Singh in Parliament: Last rites of CDS General Bipin Rawat will be performed with full military honours, says Defence Minister
A veteran of counterinsurgency warfare, CDS Rawat served in the most difficult terrains including Northern and Eastern commands.
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh made statement in the Parliament today on the chopper crash in Tamil Nadu that claimed the lives of 13 people including the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat.
Statement of Rajnath Singh:
HIGHLIGHTS
# Group Captain Varun Singh is on life support in Military Hospital, Wellington. All efforts are being made to save his life: Rajnath Singh
# The last rites of CDS General Bipin Rawat will be performed with full military honours. The last rites of other military personnel will be performed with appropriate military honour.
# Rajya Sabha observed two-minute silence on the demise of Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, his wife, and other personnel in a military helicopter crash near Coonoor, Tamil Nadu
# Rajnath Singh reaches Parliament.
The Indian Air Force (IAF) confirmed the demise of General Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat and 11 others, who were on-board the IAF Mi-17V5 helicopter.
General Rawat, India’s first CDS, was on a visit to the Defence Services Staff College in Wellington to address the faculty and student officers of the Staff Course when his chopper crashed near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday.
General Rawat was appointed as India’s first Chief of Defense Staff on December 31, 2019. He previously served as Chief of the Army Staff from January 2017 to December 2019. He was commissioned into the Indian Army in December 1978.
A veteran of counterinsurgency warfare, CDS Rawat served in the most difficult terrains including Northern and Eastern commands.
तमिलनाडु: कुन्नूर में दुर्घटना स्थल से बरामद किया गया MI17-V5 हेलिकॉप्टर का ब्लैक बॉक्स, दुर्घटना के कारणों का पता लगाने में निभाएगा अहम भूमिका.. pic.twitter.com/0TAwckEns3
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