The Northern Command of the Indian Army had organized two two-day motorcycle rallies to commemorate Kargil Vijay Diwas in Jammu and Kashmir. This year country would celebrate 22 years of the victory of the Kargil War.
One of the rallies started from Udhampur and the second started from Leh and bikers travelled to reach the final destination – Kargil War Memorial in Drass. The rallies were started on Thursday and bikers reached their destination on Friday.
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One of the rallies was flagged off by Subedar Sanjay Kumar, a recipient of Param Vir Chakra. 25 bikers were lead by Lt Gen Y K Joshi, General officer commanding (GOC) in C Northern Command. This bike rally was conducted under “Dhruv Kargil Ride” and was started from Udhampur and ended at Kargil War Memorial in Drass.
Another rally, from Leh to Drass was flagged off by Lt Gen PGK Menon and the rally was led by Lt Gen PGK Menon himself. 15 bikers were part of the rally, these bikers travelled from Leh to union territory Ladakh and finally reached Drass.
While the media interviewed Lt Gen Y k Joshi, he informed the media that the bike rallies were organized to pay a tribute to the martyred heroes during operation Vijay.
Lt Gen Y K Joshi said, “Today, this effort of ours to organize this motorcycle rally is to remember the fallen heroes during operation Vijay and also to revive, rekindle and invigorate the spirit of patriotism among the youths. On July 7, I flew to "Batra top" in Sukhoi 30 MKI, which was a day when one of my commanders, Captain Vikram Batra, had laid down his life. Today, I am undertaking this motorcycle rally to remember all the fallen heroes who laid down their lives for the nation.”
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He further motivated the youth and said, “Do not follow the beaten track, go into the unknown, make your own path and let others follow.” He further assured that the army would always serve the nation.