Jalandhar/Chandigarh, July 27 -- Chief minister Bhagwant Mann paid tributes to the soldiers who sacrificed their lives on the 26th anniversary of the Kargil Vijay Diwas on Saturday.

"We salute the valour and sacrifice of all the brave soldiers who wrote an unparalleled chapter of bravery in the 1999 Kargil War. Their spirit and courage will always be remembered," said Mann in a post in Punjabi. The chief minister also laid a wreath at the War Memorial at the Bougainvillea Garden here and saluted the brave soldiers who laid their lives during the Kargil war.

During the event, Mann briefly interacted with NCC cadets and cadets of the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Armed Forces Preparatory Institute and Mai Bhago Armed Forces Preparatory Institute,...