Virender Sehwag hopes for better care of Soldiers and Farmers

A video from a Border Security Force (BSF) constable in which he talks about the difficult time he is having went viral on social media. Tej Bahadur Yadav a constable in the 29th battalion of the BSF uploaded three videos on his Facebook profile which talk about the quality of food served to the jawans manning the boarders of the country in Jammu and Kashmir. Citizens around the country were moved after watching and so is former Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag.

Sehwag after learning about it posted a Tweet and hoped despite what is said and done the Soldiers and Farmers of the country who work hard without much reward should be taken care of. His post read- “Whatever said and done,our Soldiers and Farmers need to be taken better care of. Proper food needs to reach them all. #Food4Soldiers”

Tej Bahadur in his selfie video claimed that the government was approving all the necessary funds and food supplies for the jawans but the corrupt officials at the top were selling them off in the market and the soldiers were there suffering. He said that while they are on their feet for over 10 hours during their duty in the toughest conditions in the valley amidst snowfall they didn’t have enough food to survive.

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They were just given one roti for breakfast without any accompanies Jawans had to on occasions sleep empty stomach without any dinner and when they were served food it was poor quality that would not give them any nutritional value. As soon as the video went viral the BSF as well as the Home Ministry got into action and have ordered a probe. HM Rajnath Singh said that he has asked the Home Secretary to take record of the situation and to keep him updated.