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Prime Minister Narendra Modi volition pb the Rashtriya Ekta Diwas parade adjacent Kevadia successful Gujarat connected October 31 to commemorate the 150th commencement day of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the archetypal Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister of the country.
Built astir the taxable of ‘Unity successful Diversity’, the lawsuit volition beryllium held astatine Ekta Nagar, nestled betwixt the Satpura and Vindhyachal upland ranges successful Gujarat wherever Sardar Patel’s Statue of Unity was inaugurated successful 2018, Border Security Force Director General Daljit Singh Chaudhary said connected Friday (October 24, 2025).
Unlike erstwhile years erstwhile the parade was static, this twelvemonth it volition beryllium a moving parade and volition besides see tableaux from antithetic States. The DG added that the defender of honour would beryllium fixed by women constabulary personnel.
Another authorities authoritative said that the Chief Ministers of each States person been invited for the programme, portion the nationalist tin besides be by registering online.
Showcasing unity
The DG said that the yearly celebrations of the Rashtriya Ekta Diwas connected October 31 reminds the state of the pivotal relation that Sardar Patel played successful the enactment of an autarkic India and uniting 562 princely states. October 31 is besides the decease day of erstwhile Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
“This year, the parade volition diagnostic 5 Shaurya Chakra awardees from the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and 16 gallantry medal winners from the Border Security Force (BSF). The CRPF unit participated successful anti-Naxal operations successful Jharkhand and counter-terror operations successful Jammu & Kashmir and the BSF unit who volition beryllium portion of the parade were portion of Operation Sindoor connected the occidental border,” Mr. Chaudhary said.
Alongside the parade, a taste programme organised by the Union Ministry of Culture volition showcase 900 artists performing India’s classical dances, highlighting the affluent diverseness of India’s culture.
“The parade volition showcase the taxable of however our country, contempt having truthful galore languages and antithetic cultures, stands united,” the DG said.
Indian dogs to amusement skills
He added that this year’s National Unity Day parade volition see contingents from the BSF, CRPF, Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), and Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), on with constabulary forces from Assam, Tripura, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, and Andhra Pradesh, and the National Cadet Corps (NCC). The parade volition besides diagnostic cavalry and camel-mounted contingents, demonstrations by indigenous canine breeds, and assorted martial arts and unarmed combat drills.
“This year’s parade volition besides diagnostic a marching contingent comprising exclusively Indian breed dogs of the BSF. Indigenous canine breeds — Rampur Hounds and Mudhol Hounds — volition show their skills. These breeds person made important contributions arsenic unit multipliers during BSF operations and astir 150 dogs are presently deployed for patrolling on the Pakistan and Bangladesh borders. They are besides deployed successful Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected areas and person been trained to observe narcotics,” the DG said.
