Chopper crash: PM says death of Gen Bipin Rawat loss to nation, prays for early recovery of Group Captain Varun Singh

"The demise of India's first CDS General Bipin Rawat is a loss to every patriot," Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday remembering Rawat who died in the helicopter crash on December 8. "He was brave and worked hard to make the country's armed forces self-reliant, the nation is a witness to that," he said in Balrampur.