Tributes paid to Uri martyrs

Our Correspondent

Nurpur, September 21

Hundreds of ex-Army men and Veer Naaris (wives of martyrs) from lower Kangra district assembled at Fatehpur chowk here today to pay tributes to soldiers killed in the militant attack in Uri sector of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday.

The gathering observed two-minute silence and took out a procession raising anti-Pakistan slogans from the chowk to Fatehpur market.

Col (retd) NS Pathania, chairman of the Ex-Servicemen League, Nurpur unit, and Brigadier (retd) Parladh said the government should take responsibility to provide free education, health benefits and employment to the kin of martyrs who had been making supreme sacrifices for the nation.

They regretted the visits of national leaders to Pakistan to please the enemy country. “Why do our governments beg the international community to intervene. We have the constitutional right over Kashmir, which is an integral part of India. Such visits of our leaders to Pakistan will leave a negative impact on our soldiers,” they added.