DEFENCE Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said there can be no bigger irony than questioning the valour of the country’s Army. The Defence Minister said this while talking to reporters at Madaripur of the Saidpur area while attending the wedding of his adopted son Dr Brijendra. “We are proud of the might of the Indian Army. It is meaningless to doubt our Army. There can be nothing more ironic than questioning the Army. No one should doubt the valour and might of the Army of the country,” the Defence Minister said.

 

Terming the Indian Army as highly valiant, Singh said it is unfortunate that questions are being asked by the Opposition despite China retreating from border points. The Defence Minister said it is a moment of great happiness that a poor child adopted by him has turned out a successful human through education. Every capable person should do such noble work, he said. Singh said when he was the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, he had adopted two children and Brijendra is one of them who is now a doctor in a Government hospital.

 

He blessed the couple on the occasion. Union Minister Dr Mahendra Nath Pandey was also present on the occasion. After Brijendra, a bright young Dalit boy, lost his father, Rajnath Singh as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh took over the responsibility of his education in early 2000s and now nearly 20 years later, the Union Minister was beside him again, this time to attend his wedding in his village in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur district. It was in 2002 when Brijendra topped the Class 8 exams and Singh, then Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, took over the responsibility of his education after getting to know that his father had passed away.