With the Garud Special Forces of the Indian Air Force will be marching on the Kartavya Path during the parade for the first time, the country is all set to showcase Special Forces and made-in-India missile power on the occasion.
In the wake of recent twin blasts on the outskirts of Jammu City, the Bharat Jodo Yatra, led by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, resumed from Vijaypur in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir amid heightened security.
When troops marched by the stadium rostrum to their right-hand side, the commanding officer held a salute and engaged in a call and response in accented Mandarin: "Look to the right!" The soldiers yelled back: "One! Two!"
Reacting to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's remarks against Congress' Bharat Jodo Yatra', Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Sunday said Rahul Gandhi had set out for the march to unite the nation.
Police and Central Armed Police Forces on Saturday conducted a flag march in Agartala ahead of State Assembly elections slated to be held on February 16.