Befitting reply if any ‘superpower’ hurts national pleasure: Rajnath Singh

India doesn’t need a warfare however its troopers are able to giving befitting reply if any ‘superpower’ hurts the nation’s pleasure, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh mentioned on Thursday amid the eight-month-old border standoff with China.

“We don’t want war and we are in favour of protecting everyone’s security but I want to say this in clear terms that if any superpower wants to hurt our pride then our soldiers are capable of giving them a befitting reply,” Mr. Singh mentioned.

The Defence minister insisted that India by no means needed battle with any nation and most well-liked to take care of peace and pleasant ties with its neighbours.

“It always wanted peace and friendly ties with its neighbours because it’s in our blood and culture,” he mentioned on the fifth Armed Forces Veterans’ Day on the Headquarters Training Command of the Indian Air Force in Bengaluru.

Referring to the standoff with China, he mentioned the Indian troopers displayed exemplary braveness and persistence and if that may be narrated then each Indian will really feel proud.

Mr. Singh hailed the Indian troopers who confirmed extraordinary braveness in “eliminating terrorists on the Pakistan soil.”

Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat was additionally current.