The Samikhya Bureau
In a heart-touching gesture of bonding, women from the North-East tied Rakhi on the jawans from armed and paramilitary forces whose battalions or companies are deployed in Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.
In a programme organised on Sunday, on the eve of the Raksha Bandhan Day, at the behest of Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region Jitendra Singh, women members of several Self Help Groups (SHGs) from Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkim sent rakhis, tri-coloured bands and face masks to Army and Paramilitary personnel posted in Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.
A rakhi from North-East for a soldier in Jammu & Kashmir or Ladakh is a message that sisters across the country are praying for the safety of their brothers in security forces who, in turn, guard the borders day and night for their safety, the Minister, who addressed the occasion, stated.
Women Self Help Groups in the region have been making face masks since March- April. On the eve of Raksha Bandhan, they worked hard in an extremely limiting environment of lockdown to make the face masks for the Jawans, he lauded.
While Jammu & Kashmir is my parliamentary constituency, Northeast is my official constituency, remarked the Minister.
