Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday asserted that safeguarding nationwide pursuits is the primary focus of the BJP-led authorities and anybody casting an evil eye on India is now given a befitting reply.

“India is no longer weak. We believe in peace,” Mr. Singh stated, including {that a} befitting reply is now given if anybody tries to hurt us.

Our troopers have proved this again and again, Mr. Singh stated referring to the 2016 surgical strikes and 2019 Balakot airstrikes.

He additionally talked about concerning the bravery proven by troopers throughout the Galwan Valley standoff in eastern Ladakh.

Mr. Singh was addressing a gathering after unveiling the statue of legendary warrior Prithviraj Chauhan in Haryana’s Jhajjar.

He additionally stated to do away with the colonial mindset, the Narendra Modi authorities has taken various initiatives, together with a brand new Indian Navy ensign impressed from Maratha warrior Chhatrapati Shivaji, abolition of round 1,500 out of date British-era legal guidelines, renaming of Rajpath as Kartavya Path and set up of a grand statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose at India Gate.

More than 1,500 archaic legal guidelines courting again to the British rule, whose relevance was utterly over, have been abolished. There are many such legal guidelines for which we’re getting ready a scheme, he stated.

We will scrap these too, the minister stated.

Without naming the Congress, Mr. Singh additionally attacked the grand previous social gathering for making a useless controversy over the presence of a lotus picture on the G20 logo, unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Notably, the Congress has accused the BJP of promoting its poll symbol whereas the ruling social gathering claimed its rival was denigrating India’s nationwide flower.

Terming Haryana and the Jhajjar area because the land of the courageous, he stated many have laid down their lives for safeguarding the nation’s borders.

In the Galwan valley, when there was standoff, our forces confirmed their valour and braveness, he stated.

Referring to Pakistan, he stated, “..And you have seen since India gained independence, Pakistan has been pushing terrorists into Jammu and Kashmir to foment trouble and create de-stability.” He talked about concerning the air strikes and surgical strikes put up Uri and Pulwama terror assaults, saying a befitting reply was given.