Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, July 24
To mark the 20th anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas, PU Department of Defence and National Security Studies organised a panel discussion on ‘Kargil War: Lessons Learnt ‘ at the ICSSR Seminar Hall here today.
The discussion was organised in collaboration with the Gyan Setu Think Tank and the NCC Army Wing, Panjab University.
Capt Abhimanyu Singh Sindhu, Minister for Finance, Haryana, graced the occasion as chief guest, while Lt Gen PM Bali AVSM, VSM, Chief of Staff, Western Command, Chandimandir, was the guest of honour. Brother of Kargil martyr Vikram Batra, Vishal Batra, and Lt Gen KJ Singh (retd), participated in the event as panellists and Prof Raj Kumar, Vice Chancellor of Panjab University, presided over the event.
Lt Gen KJ Singh (retd) highlighted how the war proved out to be a major folly by Gen Musharraf where he failed to consider the implications of this operation. He also explained how the war was a major challenge as India was facing reduction in international sanctions because of the nuclear tests conducted the previous year.