India Supports Peace but Can Give a Befitting Reply: Rajnath Singh
We have never indulged in aggression with any country ut we are capable of giving a befitting reply to those who show aggression towards us...
In an indirect message to China, Union defence minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday that though India is a peace-loving country, it is capable of giving a befitting reply to aggression. “India is a priest of world peace. We have never indulged in aggression with any country in the world, including our neighbours, but we are capable of giving a befitting reply to those who show aggression towards us,” said Singh, while inaugurating the 12 strategic roads built by Border Roads Organisation (BRO) — 10 in Arunachal Pradesh and one each in Ladakh and Jammu & Kashmir. The event was held in Assam’s Lakhimpur, close to the border with Arunachal Pradesh. Singh’s statement comes in the backdrop of China continuing to hold on to positions in Hot Springs and Gogra Post on the border, a year after the Galwan Valley skirmish on June 15, 2020, that left 20 Indian soldiers and an undisclosed number of Chinese troops dead and created a huge trust deficit between the two sides. NIA Takes Over Probe…