'India is no longer a weak India': Rajnath Singh warns China on border talks
Singh, who is in Ahmedabad to support BJP candidates running in the Lok Sabha elections, stated that India wishes to keep cordial ties with its neighbors and has grown to be a strong military nation Image Courtesy ANI
India will never give up, according to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who stated on Sunday that discussions between China and India are proceeding amicably and in a positive atmosphere.
Singh, who is in Ahmedabad to support BJP candidates running in the Lok Sabha elections, stated that India wishes to keep cordial ties with its neighbors and has grown to be a strong military nation.
“India is no longer a weak India. India has also become a powerful country from a military point of view. We want to maintain good relations with our neighbouring countries,” the minister said when asked about Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s accusation against the Narendra Modi government over Chinese aggression.
Talks between India and China are going on smoothly and in a good environment over whatever issues there are, he said.
“I understand that we should wait for the outcome of the talks. But I want to assure the countrymen that India has not bowed down anywhere, nor will it ever bow down,” he said.
Singh also expressed confidence that India’s defence exports, which crossed the ₹ 21,000 crore mark in the financial 2023-24, will increase going forward.
“In 2014, we exported ₹ 600 crore defence items, but now the figure has crossed ₹ 21,000 crore, and I can say that it is going to increase,” he said.
The minister said the PM Modi government is committed to ensuring that defence items, whether missiles and other weapons, bombs or tanks, should be made in India and by Indians.
“Today, we have achieved defence production worth more than ₹ 1 lakh crore,” he said.