New Delhi, Oct. 3 -- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh today highlighted the 2016 surgical strikes, the 2019 Balakot air strikes, and Operation Sindoor as powerful examples of India's firm commitment to protecting its people and national sovereignty.
"Whenever India's pride and dignity have been at stake, we have always made no compromises. When we responded to the Pahalgam terror attack, we did not ask the dharma of the terrorists -we targeted terror, not civilians or military establishments," he said at an event organised by Jain International Trade Community (JITO) in Hyderabad.
He emphasised that India's growing military and economic strength is not meant to assert dominance over others, but to protect its cultural values, spiritual trad...