NEW DELHI: No one has intruded on India’s borders nor has any post come under anyone’s custody, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told an all-party meeting convened in the aftermath of the bloody clashes in Galwan Valley between Indian and Chinese troops.
With all parties offering strong support to oppose the Chinese aggression on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) — barring Congress which asked several questions of when and how PLA troops intruded across the LAC — the PM asserted that Indian troops took the fight to the Chinese in the Galwan Valley clash.
Referring to the violence on the night of June 15, Modi said, “Our 20 soldiers attained martyrdom in Ladakh but they taught a lesson to those who intimidated our motherland.”
The PM said India was doing everything that needed to be done for the protection of borders. “Today, we have the capability so that none can dare to look toward us with ill intention,” he said, adding that the armed forces were capable of acting in different sectors with coordination.
He said this was because of the priority accorded to infrastructure development to make the border areas safer. “The new infrastructure, particularly on the LAC, has improved our patrolling capacity. Those who used to move freely are being interrupted and intercepted by our jawans, which has resulted in tension,” the PM said.
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