Rajnath Singh met troopers of the Bihar Regiment in japanese Ladakh.
New Delhi:
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh met the troopers of the Bihar Regiment throughout a go to to ahead areas in Ladakh, his workplace mentioned on Sunday. The Bihar Regiment had misplaced 20 troopers in a lethal conflict with the Chinese Army within the Galwan Valley final month.
Mr Singh’s workplace tweeted a video of the Defence Minister talking with the troopers, patting them on the shoulder.
Raksha Mantri Shri @rajnathsingh met the troopers from Bihar Regiment at Lukung throughout his go to to ahead areas in Ladakh. He had a quick interplay with them. pic.twitter.com/81YS0T960a
— रक्षा मंत्री कार्यालय/ RMO India (@DefenceMinIndia) July 19, 2020
Visiting Ladakh on Friday, Rajnath Singh had referred to the Galwan Valley conflict by which the Chinese additionally took an unspecified variety of casualties, saying the Indian troopers killed within the incident not solely confirmed exemplary braveness in safeguarding the border but additionally protected the satisfaction of 130 crore Indians.
“I want to say that the country will never forget them. You inspire the whole nation. We do not want unrest, we want peace. We never hurt the pride of any country. But if any country tries to hurt our self-respect and pride, we will not tolerate it at any cost. We will give a befitting reply,” he had mentioned.
In an handle to a bunch of military and Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel in Lukung in japanese Ladakh, Mr Singh mentioned India just isn’t a weak nation and it’ll give a becoming reply to anybody hurting its nationwide satisfaction.
He mentioned that progress has been made within the ongoing talks with China to discover a resolution to the border standoff in Ladakh however he can’t assure to what extent it might be resolved as he proclaimed that no energy on this planet can take even an inch of the nation’s land.
“Talks are underway to resolve the border issue (with China). Whatever progress has been made, the issue should be resolved. But, I cannot give a guarantee to what extent it will be resolved. I want to assure that no power in the world can touch even one inch of India”s land or can occupy it,” he mentioned from a makeshift stage just some hundred metres from the Pangong Tso lake.
It was the Defence Minister’s first go to to Ladakh after the bitter border face-off between India and China started in a number of areas following a violent conflict between the 2 sides on May 5 within the Pangong lake space.
The go to additionally got here a fortnight after Prime Minister Narendra Modi made an unannounced go to to Ladakh throughout which he asserted India’s firmness in coping with the border row with the neighbouring nation.
(With inputs from PTI)
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