Colleges and university campuses across India will soon see “walls of heroes” being erected to reinforce respect for war veterans and martyrs in young minds.
Conceptualised by former BJP member of Parliament Tarun Vijay, these walls with photographs of all ParamVir Chakra awardees will come up on 1000 campuses across the country.
Launching the ‘Vidya-Veerta Abhiyan’ (Knowledge-Valour Campaign) here, Minister for Human Resource Development Prakash Javadekar said donations from students and teachers should fund these walls.
The Minister condemned the beheading of two Indian soldiers by Pakistan.
‘Country anguished’
“The condemnable and barbaric act has been carried out ignoring all principles of humanity. Even war has some principles, but they do not have any or don’t want to know it. The entire country is anguished,” Mr. Javadekar said. He reiterated Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s statement that the sacrifice of the soldiers would not be in vain. “It is important that we have portraits of such soldiers in our universities to create passion and enthusiasm among the youngsters,” he said.
Under the campaign, universities will set up walls measuring 15X20 feet featuring portraits of the 21 soldiers decorated with the Param Vir Chakra, the highest wartime gallantry award. Minister of State for Defence Subhash Bhamre also condemned the beheading of the two Indian soldiers.
