Dimapur, July 30: The annual North East Zone Inter Central Paramilitary Forces Debate Competition on Human Rights was organized at the ARTC & School, Dimapur today.
A total of seven teams comprising the Assam Rifles, BSF, CRPF, CISF, SSB, RPF and ITBP representing CPMFs based in the North-East Region, participated in the event.
Brigadier Gurjap Singh, DIG, ARTC & School was the chief guest of the event. The topic of the debate, “Protection of Human Rights: Is it not the duty of security forces?” was chosen by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) with a view to sensitize the security forces about human rights and related issues while dealing with the public. Eminent personalities Brig Brijesh Dhiman, Cdr, 6 Sector AR, Prof. Bharat Singh Pamar, Regional Director, Central Institute of Hindi, Dimapur and P.Leonard Aier, (Retd Indian Air force officer) Principal, City Law College Dimapur were present as the Jury members of the event. Each force was represented by four speakers, who debated for and against the motion in Hindi and English respectively. The team of the Assam Rifles secured 1st position, whereas the teams of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Border Security Force (BSF) secured 2nd and 3rd positions respectively in Hindi Language debate category. In the category of English Language, Assam Rifles secured 1st position, and the teams of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) secured 2nd and 3rd position respectively.
The chief guest presented memento to the judges and gave away the prizes to the participants of teams securing 1st, 2nd and 3rd positions in debate competition. Later, the chief guest of the programme Brigadier Gurjap Singh, DIG, ARTC & School enlightened the audience regarding the essential provisions of the law affecting Human Rights and their effective use.
He emphasized that people in uniform must constantly strive to adhere to the law of the land and operate within the directives of the government. He also appreciated the efforts put in by the participants and made a special reference to the efficient conduct of the event by the organizers.
