Ready to defeat any misadventures to defend territorial integrity: Rajnath

TIL Desk/National/Bengaluru/ India is vigilant in the face of attempts to change status quo at its border and prepared to defeat any misadventures to defend territorial integrity, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Wednesday, amid continued military standoff with China.

“We have long witnessed unfortunate attempts to employ force to change the status quo at our unresolved borders”, Singh said at the inaugural ceremony of Aero India-2021, the country’s premier Defence and aerospace show, at Yelahanka Air Force Station here.

“India is vigilant and prepared to counter and defeat any misadventures to defend our people and territorial integrity at all costs”, the Minister said. China and India are locked in a military standoff in eastern Ladakh since May 5 last. The two countries have held several rounds of military and diplomatic talks to resolve the face-off, but no significant headway has been made so far.