Hooda congratulates Siddhant for winning Sword of Honour

By Haryananewswire 

Chandigarh, June 9

 Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has congratulated   Siddhant Suhag, who bagged the coveted Sword of Honour during passing out parade at Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, the other day.

            Mr. Siddhant Suhag had called on Mr. Hooda at his residence here today.He hails from village Bisahan in district Jhajjar.

           Another cadet, Vikas Kumar of the same village won the gold medal.  Prateek Dhankhar of Rohtak has   bagged silver medal as a  technical graduate. Out of a total 631 gentlemen cadets,  60 of them hailing from Haryana had passed out from the Indian Military Academy.            

While highlighting the state’s contribution to defence forces, the Chief Minister expressed happiness and said that he was proud that though Haryana is a small state  yet every tenth soldier of the defence forces hails from the State. He said that the state government has also organized awareness camps for providing guidance to those youth who are willing to serve the defence forces. He said that Sainik School, Kunjpura has also contributed hundreds of officers to the defence forces.

            Mr. Hooda said that the state government is providing assistance to soldiers, ex-servicemen and their dependents. The amount of pension, scholarships and grants being given to them has also been hiked. He said that 10 per cent reservation has been made in group housing societies for serving soldiers and ex-servicemen. Apart from this, one per cent rebate in stamp duty is being given to them on purchase of house or plot. He said that Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh has recently laid the foundation stone of first Defence University of the country in Gurgaon.

             Siddhant Suhag said that his grandfather and father Junior Warrant Officer, Mr. Hoshiyar Singh Suhag have inspired him to join defence forces.   Siddhant has been inducted into 18 Sikh Infantry, Manipur.

            Apart from ex-servicemen, a large number of people from village Bisahan are serving in defence forces. Lt. General Dalbir Singh Suhag, Eastern Army Commander also belongs to this village.

            Earlier, Sudeep Kumar of Haryana had won coveted Sword of Honour in passing out parade in December 2012.