India will strongly retaliate if its sovereignty is challenged, Defence Minister

Hyderabad: The Defence Minister warned ‘India wants to resolve all the issues through discussions. India expects peace. But India will not tolerate any attack on its sovereignty and will not hesitate in retaliating strongly against it. China has shown its real face during the Coronavirus pandemic. The Defence Minister issued a stern warning to China along with Pakistan with a pointed remark ‘But India is not weak, this is new India and this has been demonstrated in the stern reply given to China.’

The Defence Minister was addressing the passing out parade of the Indian Air Force at Hyderabad. India is engaged in military and diplomatic dialogue with China to resolve the border dispute. India does not want conflict; it only expects peace. But India will not tolerate an attack on its sovereignty, under any circumstances. India will not take intrusion of any sort into the Indian territory, aggression and unilateral actions. The Defence Minister declared the Indian resolve saying that India will not stop short of a muzzling retaliation against such acts.

Saying that India is receiving cooperation from many countries, the Defence Minister claimed that the global public opinion is in India’s favour. The Defence Minister highlighted the Chinese conspiracies retorting that China showed its real face during the Coronavirus crisis. As per analysts, China attempted intrusion on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh, during the Coronavirus crisis, to assess the Indian reaction. Referring to this, the Defence Minister said that India gave a stifling reply to China, without naming it. Only a day ago, while addressing the Army Literature Festival, the Defence Minister had delivered a tight slap to China.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh targeted Pakistan saying that the Indian neighbour in the west is making unwarranted movements on the border. Pakistan has been defeated in all the four wars fought with India. Still, this country has not stopped the secret war against India, through terrorists. The Defence Minister praised the security forces saying that now this hidden war by Pakistan is facing a strong reaction from the Indian Army, Border Security Force and also the police.

India is not fighting against terrorism only on the border. India has now started hitting the terrorists hard crossing the borders of other countries. This has become clear from the Balakot airstrike carried off by the Indian Air Force. Saying that with this India announced its resolve in the counter-terrorism war and made the entire world aware of this resolve, the Defence Minister expressed satisfaction over these developments. Meanwhile, the tough language used by the Defence Minister was clearly to deliver a stern warning to Pakistan. Since the last few days, there has been a change in the Indian language regarding China. Till now, India had avoided using aggressive language against China and was using diplomatic language against China. But as this did not affect China, the Indian leaders have started using an aggressive language against China. Although China is not replying to this on an official level, it is evident that China is feeling a tremendous pressure of all the developments.