Rajnath Singh visits forward post along LOC in Kupwara

SRINAGAR : A day after a trip to Ladakh, defence minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday visited a forward post near the Line of Control (LOC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district.

Singh was accompanied by chief of defence staff General Bipin Rawat and army chief General

Manoj Mukund Naravane.

“Visited a forward post near LOC in Kupwara District of Jammu-kashmir today and interacted with the soldiers deployed there. We are extremely proud of these brave and courageous soldiers who are defending our country in every situation,” the defence minister tweeted.

Singh also tweeted several photographs and a video interacting with Indian Army soldiers.

Before that, he visited the holy cave of Amarnath, considered to be one of the holiest shrines in Hinduism, and spent about an hour at the temple complex.

“Feeling extremely blessed after praying at Shri Amarnathji Holy Cave in Jammu and Kashmir,” he tweeted later along with a video which showed him praying with several army officials.