Befitting that Military Lit Fest is conceived in Punjab: Rajnath

Chandigarh, Dec 18 : Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday dedicated the Military Literature Festival (MLF) 2020 to all the great warriors who have made supreme sacrifice in the service of the motherland.
Inaugurating the festival virtually, he said it is only befitting that the MLF has been 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 said while lauding the organisers for sculpting a viable platform for offering a peep into the army culture to the youngsters aspiring to take up forces as a career.
Regretting his inability to attend the gala event last year due to the 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 among the 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 the MLF last year,” he said.
MLF, a joint initiative of Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, who is also a military historian, and Punjab Governor V.P. Singh Badnore in collaboration with the Western Command, has steadily earned brand presence in the region since its inception in 2017.