"Consider myself lucky on getting such opportunities," says Squadron Leader Sumita Yadav who also took part in Bastille Day Parade

New Delhi [India], January 23 : Indian Air Force officer Squadron Leader Sumita Yadav, who marched in the Bastille Day parade in Paris in July last year, will be taking part in this year's Republic Day parade.
Squadron Leader Sumita Yadav, who is an air traffic controller in the Air Force, participated in the Bastille Day Parade, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi was invited as a chief guest at the Champs Elysees in Paris.

Expressing satisfaction on taking part in this year's Republic Day parade, Sumita Yadav said, "It was a proud moment saluting our Prime Minister on foreign soil as part of the contingent during Bastille Day. And it is a matter of greater pride that I will be saluting our Supreme Commander with the French President in attendance on Republic Day. Not many people get this opportunity and I consider myself lucky to get this unique opportunity."

Squadron leader Sumita Yadav is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Mass Communication and worked as a journalist before joining the Indian Air Force.
Earlier today, Major General Sumit Mehta informed that in the Republic Day Parade, for the first time, an all-women tri-service contingent will take part, which will include women troops of the Army's military police along with women from the other two services.
"Republic Day parade to start from 10:30 am on January 26 from Vijay Chowk to Kartavya Path. The parade commander would be Delhi Area Commander Lt Gen Bhavnish Kumar. For the first time, an all-women tri-services contingent will take part in the parade, which will include women troops of the Army's military police along with women from the other two services," he said.