Partition Of India On Religious Lines Was A Historic Mistake: Rajnath Singh
Mumbai: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has said that the 1971 Indo-Pakistan war was a reminder that India’s partition on religious lines was a “historic mistake”.
Defense Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said the war was a reminder that the partition of India on religious lines was a “historic mistake”, and that Pakistan has since been embroiled in a proxy war against India.
Speaking at the inauguration of the Golden Victory Festival at India Gate in the national capital, marking 50 years of India’s victory in the 1971 war as well as India-Bangladesh friendship, Singh said the war marked a “jointness” between India. marked “. also showed importance. Armed forces, towards which the government was working now.
The 1971 war, Singh said, “tells us that the partition of India on the basis of religion was a historical mistake. Pakistan was born in the name of one religion but it could not remain one. After the 1971 defeat, our neighbouring country India is continuously waging proxy war.”
He said, “Pakistan wants to break India by promoting terrorism and other anti-India activities. Indian forces foiled its plans in 1971 and now work is going on to eliminate the roots of terrorism by our brave forces. We have won in the direct war, and will achieve victory in the proxy was as well.”
On the occasion, Singh also remembered Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, who died along with his wife and 11 other army personnel in a helicopter crash on December 8. He said the decision to keep the ceremony simple was taken after Rawat’s untimely death.
“I pay my heartfelt tribute by remembering him,” he said, adding that in Rawat’s death, “the country has lost a brave soldier, an able advisor and a lively person. Today I am missing him very much.”
A pre-recorded message of Rawat was also shared, in which he congratulated all the soldiers of the Indian armed forces, on the 50th anniversary of the 1971 war, and paid tributes to those who had fought in it.
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