Kolhapur: Soldiers pay tributes to Maratha Light Infantry jawan Kundalik Mane during his cremation ceremony. (PTI)
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar intervened to demand an apology from a senior minister in his government who asked this morning, "What's so special about the funeral of soldiers? It keeps happening."
The minister also declared, "People join the army to die" before his party said his comments were unacceptable.
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When the coffins of the soldiers arrived in Patna on a special plane last evening, not a single minister was at the airport to receive them.
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The soldiers who were cremated today were members of the 21 Bihar regiment and were ambushed early on Tuesday morning while patrolling near the Line of Control.
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