BCCI Chief & BJP MP joins Territorial Army
posted on Jul 29, 2016 @ 6:25PM
BJP MP and BCCI President Anurag Thakur joined the Territorial Army as lieutenant on Friday morning. The 41 year old is attached to the Sikh regiment and will undergo a month-long rigorous training with the regiment in between the parliamentary sessions and his duties as the BCCI chief. He will be commissioned into the Territorial Army (TA) as a regular officer and will become the first serving BJP Member of Parliament to join the military force.
Like most politicians, he was dressed in a kurta pajama in Parliament. However, this morning he caught his colleagues by surprise by turning up in army fatigues. Thakur usually sports a fashionable beard but he has now shaved it off as he is set to join the territorial army. Thakur made it to the TA after clearing an exam and a personal interview conducted in Chandigarh and training held in Bhopal.
The Territorial Army, the second line of defence after the regular army, is composed of volunteers who receive military training for about a month in a year so that in case of an emergency they can be mobilised for the defence of the country.