Ex-servicemen’s Association celebrates Kargil Vijay Diwas in Mysuru

The Mysore Armed Forces Ex-servicemen’s Association celebrated the Kargil Vijay Diwas here on Saturday.

It is an annual affair which is celebrated on July 26 every year. The members of the Association made floral offerings to the statue of Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa to mark the event.

The Association members attended the programme along with their family members and carried placards displaying the images of some of the martyrs of the Kargil war, like Vikram Batra, Sanjay Kumar, Manoj Kumar Pandey, and Jinto Gogoi among others.

They also submitted a memorandum addressed to MLA for Chamaraja Harish Gowda, and sought 10% reservation in educational institutions for children of former servicemen. They also pointed out that the State government used to allot land for former servicemen, but the practice was dispensed with more than 10 years ago. Though the previous government and the present government in the State had promised to allot sites in cities or villages, it was yet to be implemented, according to the association.

They also expressed regret that although the Mysuru Dasara is celebrated in a grand manner every year, no government had thought it fit to appoint them into any of the committees that are constituted to organise the festival.

The government was also urged to issue fee bus passes to former servicemen across the State.