Muzaffarnagar: In solidarity with Pulwama terror attack victims, Pachenda village in Muzaffarnagar witnessed a unique pledge on Wednesday by around 50 villagers.While performing a yajana for the departed CRPF jawans, they all took the oath of sending at least one youth from every household to the armed forces.A villager, Chandravir Singh, said, “We are ready to send at least one youth from each family to the armed forces. Even if they are not paid salaries, they will serve the country.”Pachenda village chief Nakul Choudhury said, “Our children are ready to serve the nation and the decision to send youths to the borders has been unanimously taken by the villagers. They performed a yajana for the departed soldiers and took the oath.”A villager Jitendra Singh who has taken the oath to send his son to the front said, “We do not want salary from the government. We just need weapons to fight our enemy. It is high time that we should join hands and fight to protect our motherland.”Interestingly, a son of the village was martyred in the 1999 Kargil war. Hitesh Kumar, 26, had lost his father Bachan Singh when he was just six and like his father he too has joined the Army.Kumar’s cousin, Binesh Panwar, said, “This is a village of soldiers. We all are brave sons of the soil and have the zeal to fight for our country.”

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