New Delhi: India struggled against the challenges of terrorism and expansionism by responding to them in a strong but restrained manner, PM Narendra Modi said on Sunday, in a veiled reference to Pakistani support for cross-border terror and ongoing military confrontation with China in East Ladakh .
“The nature of global relations has changed after World War-II.
There is a possibility of the New World Post Corona order.
The world has seen and appreciates India’s efforts during Corona,” PM said in his independence day speech.
“Today the world is looking at India from a new perspective.
There are two important aspects of this perception – one is terrorism and the other is expansionism.
India fights with these two challenges and also responds strongly controlled.
Our defense preparedness must be as strong as India must fulfill its obligations correctly, “he added.
The country has also delivered the message of “Indian New Strength” to its enemies by carrying out “surgical strikes” across borders in 2016 and Balakot air strikes in 2019 against Pakistan, the last in response to the Pulwama terror attack.
“It shows India changes.
India can change.
India can make the heaviest decision and do not hesitate and stop in making the hardest decision even,” Modi said.
Quoting examples of sea trials recently from the first original aircraft carrier, to be named Vikrant, and Tejas’s light fighter that grew at home, PM emphasized the total commitment of its government to strengthen the operational capacity of the armed forces as well as increasing independence in production defense.
He also mentioned the government’s decision, announced by the Ministry of Defense in 2019, to open a Sainik 33 school in this country for girls from this session and so on.
“I used to get a message from our daughter who wanted to learn at a sainik school.
We did a pilot project in the Sainik School of Mizoram two and two and a half years ago by giving entry to our daughter.
Now the government has decided that all the labik schools will open For girls, “he said.
The United States Government, coincidentally, now plans to establish around 100 other sainik schools throughout the country in partnership with NGOs, private schools, and state governments who want to add 33 existing ones, as reported by TII before.