NEW DELHI, Nov 2:
With tension along the Indo-Pak border escalating, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said the NDA Government will do everything possible to counter the shelling and do the needful to protect the honour of the country.
“We will do whatever necessary action should be taken to protect the honour and prestige of the country,” he told reporters when asked about the continuous shelling from across the border in Jammu region.
Asked about the strategy to counter the Pakistani shelling towards civilian areas, Singh said he has already spoken to Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti about the safety of people living along the border.
“Strategy is strategy. It cannot be disclosed,” he said.
Asked how India was retaliating to Pakistani firing, the Home Minister said “ask the neighbour”.
On the possibility of revival of hotline between Border Security Force and Pakistan Rangers to de-escalate tension along the border, Singh said “Let them (Pakistan) be prepared first for that”. (PTI)
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