NEW DELHI, Feb 13:
Tarun Vijay, BJP MP and Member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence has demanded that a new protocol be created and every Parliament session must begin with homage to martyred soldiers.
In a letter to Rajya Sabha Chairman and Vice President Hamid Ansari, Vijay said usually the Parliament session begins with paying homage to various prominent leaders, authors and artists who passed away during the intervening period, and remembering victims of various calamities.
“We pay homage to the dead in natural and other disasters, road, air and railway accidents occurred in India or elsewhere in any part of the planet. Why can’t we start a tradition paying homage to the soldiers who laid their lives for the Motherland, during the intervening period of the previous session and the new one?,” the Rajya Sabha MP said.
Vijay has also sought time from the Chairman next for pushing his demand for its implementation ahead of the Budget session starting February 23. (PTI)
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