BSF, CISF bag top prize in NHRC debate

NEW DELHI: BSF and CISF on Monday bagged top laurels in an inter-paramilitary debate competition on the importance of human rights in the sphere security. Organised by National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) the debate was titled 'There can be no security without Human Rights'.
Constable Amarendra Kumar of BSF won the first prize in Hindi debate while SI/Mahila Irina Pego of CISF lifted the first prize in English debate.Head Constable Rajeshwari Vijay of CRPF won the second prize in the Hindi debate.
The Running trophy was lifted by CISF. As many as 64 participants had contested the semi-finals held on September 27, 2014, of whom only 16 were selected for the finals. The event was organized at CRPF Institute –Shaurya in Vasant Kunj. Justice (Retd) K.G. Balakrishnan, Chairman, NHRC was the chief guest and chief of jury while Kanwaljeet Deol, DG NHRC, Gopal Sharma, former DG J & K and SSB and Prof Anuradha Chinoy of JNU were the other jury members.
Speaking on the occasion, Balakrishnan lauded CRPF for its role in anti-terrorist operations and said that NHRC is very strict in dealing with terrorism and that terrorist activities have to be dealt with seriously, a CRPF release said. He was of the view that ‘not the act but the attitude’ will bear fruit in the long run. He said that real winner of this debate competition is policing and that the participants will leave as better informed officers, the release said. PVK Reddy, Addl DG (HQ), CRPF, VS Yadav, IG RAF and Malini Aggarwal , DIG RAF were also present on this occasion. CRPF was assigned the responsibility to organize the debate competition this year.