Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee asks if it's time to bring a law to send one member of every family to join the armed forces.

Moved by the deaths of the 40 CRPF personnel in the Pulwama terror attack, Trinamool Congress MP and Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee has said that he will try to send his children to the armed forces and also urged all Indian households to consider if it is time to do the same.

Banerjee posted a tweet saying he has made three commitments to himself in the aftermath of the Pulwama attacks.

He also wrote that he will donate his three months' salary as an MP to the armed forces welfare fund.

"As a parent, I commit myself, God and circumstances willing, I will do what it takes to inspire my child to join the armed forces, to serve the nation," the TMC MP posted on Twitter, adding that it was time for elected representatives to "nurture and inspire their children and grandchildren and commit them to joining the armed forces".

There are times one needs to go beyond just words... after Pulwama. pic.twitter.com/W5ujDP3Kis Abhishek Banerjee (@abhishekaitc) February 19, 2019





"Is it time to bring about a law in Parliament so that every home in India takes pride in having a representative in the armed forces?" Banerjee asked.

Banerjee also proposed to set up a corpus so that it can be used to raise "nationalistic awareness among young minds of the country". "This could be done through campaigns, seminars, and interactive sessions in schools, colleges and other educational institutions," the MP wrote in his open letter.

Taking a jibe at the Modi government, Banerjee added, "Our jawans keep our borders safe. They sacrifice their lives, so that we can stay safe. Before bullet trains, we need bullet proof jackets for our jawans."

A day earlier, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee hit out at the Modi government and said that PM Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah think they are the only patriots in the country.

Mamata said on Monday, "We did not raise any questions because we thought we will fight it together with the government but the way Modiji and Amit Shah is giving statements every day, it seems they are the only patriots in this country and we are not."

Mamata Banerjee also questioned the timing of the Pulwama terror attack, asking whether the government wanted to go to war when Lok Sabha elections were round the corner.

She also accused the BJP and RSS of fomenting communal tension in the wake of the terror assault that claimed the lives of 40 CRPF troopers.