In a warm gesture filled with a very strong message of communal harmony, Indian Army officers were seen offering namaz in Kashmir.
Indian Army Corps Commander Lt Gen DP Pandey organized the event where namaz was offered. This comes amid the Holy month of Ramzan where officers of several faiths joined. There was also a Sikh officer offering namaz showing the strong stance of the Indian Army.
Lt Gen DP Pandey attended the Namaz-e-Maghrib last year as well in Srinagar along with the soldiers of Jammu & Kashmir at the Infantry Regimental Centre.
A photo shared on Twitter showing the same has been winning hearts.
Lt Gen DP Pandey, Corps Commander 15 Corps, Srinagar offering namaz during Ramzan. #IndianArmyPeoplesArmy pic.twitter.com/ErjRaW9j7I
— Danvir Singh दानवीर सिंह (@danvir_chauhan) April 25, 2022
Twitteratti was full of praise seeing the one-of-a-kind act. By now, the tweet has garnered 5000+ Retweets, 850+ Quote Tweets, and 31.9K Likes.
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“Very nice, big message to radical forces,” wrote a user.
“Jai Hind,” wrote another.
Earlier on April 21, the Defence Ministry’s Public Relations Officer (PRO) shared glimpses of an iftar party but later deleted the post due to backlash from trolls. “Keeping alive the traditions of secularism, an Iftar was organised by the Indian Army at Arnora in Doda district,” reads the photo caption. However, trolls got the post removed by criticizing the photos that showed the Army’s General Officer Commander of the Delta Force interacting with Muslims in the district.