In a display of women empowerment in the security forces, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will receive a ceremonial salute from contingents of police and paramilitary forces, all of them led by woman officers, during the Rashtriya Ekta Diwas parade on Friday.

The National Unity Day parade, which marks the 150th birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, will be organised at Kevadia's Ekta Nagar in Gujarat, where the 182-metre tall Statue of Unity stands.

The large campus is all set to celebrate the day with the ceremonial parade that will focus on the strength of women in uniform.

This year's parade commander is Simran Bhardwaj, a 2022 batch IPS officer of the Gujarat cadre and currently posted as Additional Superintendent of Police in Rajkot.

Women will command all the contingents, i

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