Bikaner
\nHome Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday celebrated Dasehra with BSF jawans and performed \u201cshastra puja\u201d in this forward post along the India-Pakistan border.<\/p>\n
This was for the first time that a senior Union minister conducted the \u201cshastra puja\u201d (worship of weapons) on the occasion of Vijaya Dashami along India\u2019s border with Pakistan.
\nThe Home Minister, who arrived at the frontier headquarters of the Border Security Force (BSF) here on Thursday evening, celebrated Dasehra with jawans. \u201cShastra puja\u201d is part of Dasehra celebrations.<\/p>\n
Addressing the BSF personnel, Singh praised the multi-dimensional role of the BSF in guarding the India-Pakistan and India-Bangladesh borders, maintaining law and order in internal disturbances and tackling the Left Wing Extremism.
\nReferring to the regular firing from across the border in Jammu and Kashmir, Singh said Pakistan, despite being a neighbour, never exercised good neighbourly behaviour and instead sponsored terrorism. He said the terrorists infiltrating into Indian territory were coming from Pakistan only. \u201cThere is proper coordination among our Army, police and paramilitary forces to fight against them,\u201d Singh said.<\/p>\n
The Home Minister said that recently launched \u201csmart fence\u201d pilot project, which entails deploying laser-activated fences and technology-enabled barriers to plug vulnerable gaps along borders, would help the border guarding forces in maintaining peace in forward areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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