CRPF soldier Guru's wife says she is proud of her husband
"My husband was protecting country, but he did not get protection"
Bengaluru, February 15: “How my husband was killed, they (terrorists) should also be killed in the same way..” said Kalavathi, wife of CRPF soldier Guru, who was killed in the terror strike in Jammu and Kashmir.
She said that “I got the news of my husband’s death at 11 pm. Yesterday, my husband called me. As I was busy in household works, I could not receive the call. But when I tried again, I could not reach him. Though I had the last opportunity to speak to him over phone, it was my fate like my husband’s that I could not get the chance”, she said.
“Give me my husband back. If it is the everyday incident that the soldiers who protect the border of the country meet such accidental deaths, send them all back home. At least, they could protect and guard their family members”, Kalavati said in her grief.
Guru was working in Srinagar. But she said that he did not convey her that he was going to Pulwama.
“Despite worst weather, my husband has worked in different parts of the country. He used to tell me about the problems while protecting the border. I am proud of him for protecting the country. Unfortunately, he did not get the protection when he required it”, she said.
District Minister CS Puttaraju said that the government has decided to give a government job to Kalavathi. Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy, former prime minister HD Deve Gowda, former chief minister Siddaramaiah, opposition leader BS Yeddyurappa paid their homage to the soldier.
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UP Cong chief Ajay Rai hospitalised after fainting, stable
Lucknow (PTI): Uttar Pradesh Congress president Ajay Rai was hospitalised here after he fell unconscious due to low sodium levels, party leaders said on Saturday.
They said he was admitted to Medanta Hospital on Friday evening and is stable.
"Ajay Rai was admitted to Medanta Hospital in Lucknow at around 6 pm on Friday after he fell unconscious as his sodium levels had dropped. He fell unconscious at his residence in Lucknow. For the entire day, he was engaged in party programmes and had also gone to the airport," Uttar Pradesh Congress spokesperson Anshu Awasthi told PTI.
Congress in-charge of Uttar Pradesh Avinash Pande told PTI, "Now, he (Ajay Rai) is stable and I am also reaching Lucknow."
Medanta Hospital Director Dr Rakesh Kapoor told PTI that Rai collapsed at his home on Friday evening and was subsequently admitted to the hospital's emergency ward.
Medical examinations revealed that Rai was suffering from a sodium deficiency and elevated blood pressure. Doctors administered immediate treatment and he is doing significantly better now, Kapoor said.
A team of doctors is monitoring his health. Rai is conversing with others and his condition is stable, he added.
In a post on X late Friday night, Prime Minister Narendra Modi wished Rai a speedy recovery.
Rai hails from Varanasi and had contested the 2024 Lok Sabha elections against Modi from the parliamentary constituency. The Congress appointed him as the Uttar Pradesh unit chief in 2023.
