Renaming places will harm India & China relations, says Rajnath Singh
India by China does not hold any significance and such an attempt will only harm the relation between the two countries.
Recently, China renamed 30 places in Arunachal Pradesh.
Addressing an election rally at Namsai under Arunachal East parliamentary constituency, the defence minister asked if India renamed a place in China, would it mean that the place comes under India? Such attempts will only harm the relation between the two countries."
He quoted former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee who said that friends can be changed but neighbours never change. However, Singh also sent a warning and said,«If someone tries to harm India's respect, integrity and dignity, then India has the capability to respond to it befittingly». He said that people of Arunachal Pradesh are «strategic assets» and nationalists.
The country can never forget the role of the people of Arunachal Pradesh. «It was due to the initiative of Prime minister Narendra Modi that Qatar had earlier released all eight former Indian Navy personnel from its custody. Even in the Russia-Ukraine war, Modiji talked to the presidents of the two countries as well as USA and India and rescued 22,500 Indian students,» Singh said.
He added, «Due to Modi, the credibility of the BJP has increased not only in India but all over the world. Whenever our government and party promised anything, we have always fulfilled it.»
«Earlier in international forums, India did not get much importance but after Modi became the Prime Minister, all the international forums are
