Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday asserted that the Balakot airstrikes and the surgical strikes sent a message that India can defend itself both within and outside its borders.
Speaking at a function in Rohtas district of Bihar, Singh lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi for having approved the military operations at meetings that “lasted barely 10 minutes, with not more than four to five persons in attendance”.
He was taking part in an “interaction with intellectuals” organised by a private university founded by and named after Gopal Narayan Singh, a former president of the BJP’s Bihar unit, who was also present on the occasion.