Home Minister Rajnath Singh said Indian soldiers were killing 5 to 6 terrorists on a daily basis
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has said that Indian soldiers have been neutralising at least five to six terrorists every day, and that he has asked them to give a fitting reply if Pakistan opened fire on them.
Mr Singh said yesterday that he had ordered Indian soldiers not to fire at their Pakistani counterparts first, but give them a fitting reply by "firing countless bullets" if Pakistan dared to open fire.
Speaking about the Dokalam issue, Mr Singh said India was not a weak country anymore, but a strong one, and was in a position to resolve the contentious matter with its neighbour China.
"India is no more a weak nation, but a strong country. You ought to know how India resolved the Dokalam issue with China, especially when most people across the world were anticipating an India-China conflict," the home minister said.
"If India was a weak country, it could not have been in a position to resolve the Doklam issue with China," he added.
Indian and Chinese soldiers were engaged in a standoff in Doklam in Sikkim sector for more than two months earlier this year after Chinese troops tried to build a road in the disputed area claimed by India's ally Bhutan.
The standoff was lated resolved through diplomatic negotiations.