Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday attended Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)‘s 83rd Raising Day parade in Jammu.
This is the first time that the CRPF is celebrating its Raising Day outside the national capital.
The Union Home Minister will review the security arrangements ahead of Amarnath Yatra and the proposed assembly elections.
“CRPF has done the work of providing a sense of safety and security to the people in India for a long time. CRPF jawans have given a sigh of relief to people in difficult situations in the country”, Shah said at the 83rd Raising Day program of CRPF in Jammu.
Meanwhile, this is the second visit of Shah to Jammu in the last five months. Earlier, he had visited Jammu and Kashmir for five days.
CRPF Raising Day is marked on the day when in 1950 the then Home Minister, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel presented colours to the CRPF after the CRPF Act was enacted and the force rechristened to its present name. The CRPF was raised in 1939 as the Crown Representative’s Police.