Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will begin two-day visit to the strategically important tri-service command in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands .
Nirmala will be celebrating Diwali with soldiers, interact with the families and will review India’s only tri- services command’s operational preparedness and related issues.
On her maiden visit to the command, she will be celebrating Diwali with troops and interacting with the families during various events over the two days,” the defence ministry was quoted as saying in a media report.
If reports are to be believed, the Defence Minister would also be visiting the operational area of the command and Car Nicobar Air Force Station and lay wreaths at the Swatantra Jyoti in the Cellular Jail and the Tsunami memorial in Car Nicobar.
