Country’s top brass says no to New Year cheer
2 Jan 2013 5:24 AM IST
Following the death of the 23-year-old medical students death after a gruesome gang-rape, the Indian Army has issued advisories to all its formations across the country against holding New Year parties.
Advisory has been issued to all formations that they should not organise New Year parties, Army officials said here. Army chief Gen Bikram Singh and his wife Bubbles Singh will visit patients in Army Research and Referral Hospital here and Base Hospital on the first day of the New Year and distribute sweets.
Meanwhile, Congress president Sonia Gandhi too has announced that the party will not be celebrating the New Year following the incident.
‘Sonia Gandhi has appealed to partymen and well-wishers against coming to her to extend New Year greetings in the wake of gangrape incident,’ said party General Secretary Janardhan Dwivedi.
Both Singh and Sonia had spoken to the family members and consoled them.
Punjab and Haryana Governments have cancelled their planned programmes while Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has decided stay away from new year celebrations following this incident as well.
‘Delhi’s incident has hurt people of the country. It is a blot on humanity. We should all take resolution that we will be committed for the protection of women’s dignity and their safety and security,’ said Gehlot.
Advisory has been issued to all formations that they should not organise New Year parties, Army officials said here. Army chief Gen Bikram Singh and his wife Bubbles Singh will visit patients in Army Research and Referral Hospital here and Base Hospital on the first day of the New Year and distribute sweets.
Meanwhile, Congress president Sonia Gandhi too has announced that the party will not be celebrating the New Year following the incident.
‘Sonia Gandhi has appealed to partymen and well-wishers against coming to her to extend New Year greetings in the wake of gangrape incident,’ said party General Secretary Janardhan Dwivedi.
Both Singh and Sonia had spoken to the family members and consoled them.
Punjab and Haryana Governments have cancelled their planned programmes while Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has decided stay away from new year celebrations following this incident as well.
‘Delhi’s incident has hurt people of the country. It is a blot on humanity. We should all take resolution that we will be committed for the protection of women’s dignity and their safety and security,’ said Gehlot.
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