Congress on Saturday staged demonstrations across Madhya Pradesh to protest controversial statements by State Tribal Affairs Minister Vijay Shah and Deputy Chief Minister Jagdish Devda against Colonel Sofiya Qureshi and the Indian Army.
The February 17, 2020 top court judgment that paved the way for the permanent commissioning of women officers of the Short Service Commission (SSC) acknowledged the “laurels” brought to the Indian Army by its women officers, recorded the names of 10 women officers, with Colonel Sophia Qureshi topping the list.
Indian Army's Colonel Sofia Qureshi, one of the officers who briefed the media about 'Operation Sindoor', has an old connection with Madhya Pradesh.
