India’s position on Doklam clear: BJP

We have put across our views: Shah

August 19, 2017 10:34 pm | Updated 11:19 pm IST - Bhopal

Karnataka, Bengaluru: 14/08/2017: BJP National President Amith Shah during the press conference in Bengaluru on August 14, 2017.  
Photo: K. Bhagya Prakash.

Karnataka, Bengaluru: 14/08/2017: BJP National President Amith Shah during the press conference in Bengaluru on August 14, 2017. Photo: K. Bhagya Prakash.

BJP president Amit Shah said here on Saturday that the Union government had already made its position clear on the border standoff with China in Doklam.

To a query on the standoff in the Sikkim sector, he said, “(External Affairs Minister) Sushma Swaraj ji has already clarified (the Indian) position in Parliament. We have put across our views and we are talking.”

After the cross-LoC surgical strikes in September last year, the world’s perception about India has changed, Mr. Shah said.

“For the first time after Independence, our valiant soldiers entered the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and taught the terrorists a lesson. They avenged the death of our brave soldiers,” he added.

India’s stature

Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India’s stature has grown in the comity of nations, the newly elected Rajya Sabha MP said. The Centre is tackling the Kashmir issue with all seriousness and “good results” have been visible in the last two-three months, Mr. Shah said. “The BJP government is effectively tackling the Kashmir issue and good results have come in the last two-three months. The government is dealing with separatists and terrorists in all seriousness. I think we are on the right track,” Mr. Shah said.

The BJP chief’s comments come against the backdrop of a number of terrorists being killed by security forces in Jammu and Kashmir in the last few months.

Mr. Shah arrived here for meetings with the BJP workers and office-bearers, besides participating in various programmes as part of his 110-day nationwide tour.

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