India wants peace, but can give a befitting reply if instigated: PM Modi
New Delhi, June 17: In his first remarks on the Army’s violent faceoff with Chinese troops in the Galwan valley of Ladakh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday said that the sacrifices of soldiers along the border “will not go in vain”.
Stating that India wants peace, the Prime Minister, however, sounded a warning saying that the country is “capable of giving a befitting reply, if instigated”. He has also called for an all-party meeting at 5 pm on Friday, June 19 to discuss the situation along the India-China border.
In the worst flare-up on the Line of Actual Control in more than five decades, 20 Indian Army personnel, including the commanding officer of 16 Bihar, were killed Monday night in the Galwan valley where disengagement of troops on either side was underway.
