No praise enough for bravery displayed by our forces in Galwan, Tawang: Rajnath

The bravery and valour displayed by the armed forces during the Galwan valley clashes and the recent faceoff in the Tawang sector of Arunachal Pradesh is commendable and any amount of praise for them is not enough Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on SaturdaySinghs comments during an address at industry chamber FICCI came a day after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi accused the government of downplaying the threat posed by China along the Line of Actual Control and saying it was asleep and not ready to accept the situationThe defence minister also took an indirect dig at Gandhi for doubting the governments intention in the handling of the border row with China and said politics can not be done on the basis of falsehoodAny amount of praise is not enough for the armed forces the way they displayed bravery and valour be it in Galwan or Tawang Singh saidWe have never questioned the intention of any leader in the opposition we have only debated on the basis of policies Politics should be based on truth Politics cannot be done on the basis of falsehood for a long time he said without naming anyoneThe process of taking the society towards the right path is called rajniti politics I do not understand the reason behind doubting anyones intention always Singh saidIndian and Chinese troops were engaged in a fresh clash in the Yangtse area of Arunachal Pradeshs Tawang sector on December 9 in a first such major flareup after the deadly handtohand combat in the Galwan Valley in June 2020 that marked the most serious military conflict between the two sides in decadesIn his remarks Singh also said that India aspires to become a superpower for global good and prosperity and it does not have any intention to even capture one inch of land of any country seen as a thinly veiled reference to Chinas aggressive behaviour along the bordersWhen I am saying we aspire to become a superpower it should never be construed that we want to dominate over countries in the world We do not have any intention to even capture one inch of the land of any country he saidIf we want to become a superpower then we want to become a superpower for global good and prosperity The world is our family Singh addedThe defence minister also said that Indias economy was among the sixseven large economies during the time of Independence and when China witnessed a new system following the 1949 revolution its GDP was less than that of India He said though India and China kept marching together till 1980 the neighbouring country went ahead riding on economic reformsIn the year 1991 economic reforms started in our country too But China has made such a long jump in a short time that except the US it has left behind all other countries of the world in its pace of development he saidAlso Read IndianChinese troops engaged in faceoff in Arunachal on Dec 9 some injuredIndia returned to the list of top 10 economies in the 21st century But the kind of development that should have happened in India was not happening the defence minister said adding that a new era of development began in 2014 when Narendra Modi became the prime ministerSingh said when Modi took charge of the government the Indian economy used to be the ninthlargest globally and its size was about two trillion dollarsToday Indias economy has become the fifthlargest economy with a size of threeandahalf trillion dollars he saidIn his address Singh also gave a rundown of the achievements of the Modi government in the areas of infrastructure health education banking trade and investment foreign direct investment and overall economic reformsRemember the time of 2013 when investment firm Morgan Stanley coined the term Fragile Five which is the five countries of the world whose economy was faltering badly The countries in this Fragile Five were Turkey Brazil South Africa Indonesia and India he saidToday India has moved out of the category of Fragile Five and joined the Fabulous Five economies of the world he said Singh said Indias stature has increased significantly on the world stage under Prime Minister Narendra Modis leadershipNow India is working on setting the agenda on the world stage he saidAt the same time the defence minister talked about some problems facing the nation including that of inflationHe said inflation has gone up due to disruptions in the global supply chain and other logistical bottlenecks caused by the Covid19 pandemic and the Ukraine conflictThe problem of inflation is before us as a major issue In fact the world had not fully recovered from the supply chain disruptions and logistical bottlenecks caused by Covid19 when the Ukraine conflict came before us Singh saidWhatever may be the reason if the problem is in front of us then we have to find a solution for it Not only India but the economy of the whole world is passing through a very difficult phase but if you see inflation is less in India as compared to other major countries he saidThis story has been sourced from a third 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