BJP leaders, including Union ministers V K Singh and Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, today paid homage to Kargil war martyrs at an event organised at the party headquarters.
A statement from the party's ex-servicemen cell said widows of many martyrs also attended the event.
Today marks the victory of Indian forces over Pakistan in the hills of Kargil and the success of India's Operation Vijay in 1999.
President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the nation in paying homage to the martyrs of Kargil on Kargil Vijay Diwas.
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