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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will make a statement in both Houses of the Parliament on Thursday on the chopper crash in Tamil Nadu that claimed the lives of 13 people including the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat.
The defence ministry in an official statement has informed that the minister will give a statement in Rajya Sabha at 11.30 am and in Lok Sabha at 12.15 pm.
Meanwhile, Indian Air Force (IAF) chief Air Chief Marshal V R Chaudhari on Thursday morning reached the site of the crash.
The IAF chief reached the crash site near Coonoor in the Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu along with state Director General of Police C Sylendra Babu.
The IAF had confirmed the demise of General Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat and 11 others, who were on board the IAF Mi-17V5 helicopter, on Wednesday evening.
General Rawat, India's first CDS, was on a visit to the Defence Services Staff College in Wellington to address the faculty and student officers of the Staff Course when his chopper crashed near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday.
General Rawat was appointed as India's first Chief of Defense Staff on December 31, 2019. He previously served as Chief of the Army Staff from January 2017 to December 2019. He was commissioned into the Indian Army in December 1978.
A veteran of counterinsurgency warfare, CDS Rawat served in the most difficult terrains including Northern and Eastern commands.