Punjab Governor VPS Badnore and Finance Minister Manpreet Badal arrive for Military Literature Festival.

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 9

The Punjab Government is looking to take the Military Literature Festival to the next level. Governor VP Singh Badnore, who originally mooted the idea of holding such a festival, is now looking forward to make it an annual feature. Speaking to The Tribune, he said the festival received a good response and it would only grow from here. “We are going to take it to new heights,” he said, expressing happiness at its outcome. “The very best had come and interacted here.  Punjab is the sword arm of the nation,” said Badnore.Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh said the idea was that of the Governor. He suggested sticking to military literature part. “The festival is the first of its kind. The seed has been sown, next year you will see it even bigger,” he said.On how it would be funded without the government’s support, Capt Amarinder said it definitely required government support. “We will form an association to take it forward,” he said, exhorting the naval and Air Force officers to come forward and write histories of their forces.Lt Gen TS Shergill (retd) said the process to form the ‘Military Literature Festival Association’ was under way.