Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi, who was appointed as the Northern Army commander, on Monday took over as the Colonel of the Jammu and Kashmir Rifles and Ladakh Scouts Regiment. He has succeeded Lt Gen YK Joshi, whose tenure has ended today i.e. on 31st January.Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi is an alumnus of the National Defense Academy. He joined the 18th Battalion of the Jammu and Kashmir Rifles in December 1984 as a young officer. He has held many important posts in the army till now. In his career spanning 36 years, he has conducted several campaigns to combat terrorism in Kashmir as well as to counter anti-national forces in the North Eastern states.The central government had appointed two new commandersThe Central Government had appointed new commanders for the Northern and Eastern Commands of the Army on the eve of Republic Day. Lt Gen RP Kalita was appointed as the chief of the new Eastern Army Command in Kolkata while Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi was appointed as the new Northern Army Commander.Earlier on January 22, YK Joshi, while addressing its decoration ceremony at the headquarters of the Northern Command in Jammu and Kashmir, said that as Operation Snow Leopard is still going on, the soldiers are on alert and avoid any kind of accidental incident. are ready to deal. Lt Gen YK Joshi, former commander of the Army’s Northern Command, had also said that the focus continues to be on the withdrawal of troops and weapons through talks in Ladakh.In his address, he said, “The importance of both the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh is well known and we have played our part with full dedication with respect to the security of this region and have maintained our complete supremacy whether it is the Line of Control (LoC). Be it LoC), Line of Actual Control (LAC), Line of Actual Land Position (AGPL) or International Border (IB). He said that the brave soldiers of the Northern Command foiled the aggressive plans of the enemy.
