President meets military wing officers

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday met the officers of the President’s Military Wing to acquaint himself with the kind of duties they are mandated with, a rare gesture by a President within days of assuming office, a Rashtrapati Bhavan statement said.

Saying the entire country looks at Rashtrapati Bhavan with great hope, Mr Kovind urged the officers and staff to rise to these expectations by fulfilling their responsibilities. He said they should focus more on duties rather than rights and develop the values of sacrifice and discipline, the statement from the President’s press secretary Ashok Malik said.

During the meeting, military secretary to the President, Major General Anil Khosla introduced the Military Wing of Rashtrapati Bhavan to Mr Kovind, comprising the DMSP, ADCs, the Ceremonial Section, Invitation Section, Tour Sect-ion, Visitor’s Management Cell, Household Section, Sanitation Section, the President’s Bodyguard, and the Ceremonial Guard Battalion.