MNS: A National Integration Tour, organized by 6/8 Gorkha Rifles of Loktak Brigade under the aegis of Red Shield Division, was flagged in on 15 Feb 2012 in a grand welcome ceremony by Maj Gen Binoy Poonnen, VSM, GOC 57 Mountain Division at Leimakhong.
The tour was initially flagged off on 30 Jan 2012 from Ningthoukhong, Bishnupur.
Speaking on the occasion, Maj Gen Binoy Poonnen, welcomed the children whom he termed as ‘Ambassadors’ of Manipur.
He expressed hope that the children would have imbibed the spirit of the vast, diverse and magnificent country that India is. He urged the children to strive hard for the development and progress of the beautiful and talented state of Manipur and make it occupy its rightful place of pride in the hearts and minds of every Indian. The GOC also remarked that this tour has achieved ‘Integration’ in the real sense by comprising of all major ethnicities of Manipur.
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