Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Sunday said that India does not want to grab the land belonging to its neig...
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Sunday said that India does not want to grab the land belonging to its neighbours Pakistan and China and wishes to only maintain peace in the region, PTI reported. His remarks came amid border tensions between India and China.
“We should not make India strong by becoming expansionist, we should make India strong for establishing peace,” Gadkari said at the Bharatiya Janata Party’s virtual Jan Samvad rally in Gujarat. “We never tried to grab land of Bhutan. Our country made Sheikh Mujibur Rahman the Prime Minister of Bangladesh after winning the war [with Pakistan in 1971], and our soldiers returned thereafter.”
“We took not a single inch of land,” the union minister added. “We do not want land either of Pakistan or China. All we want is peace, amity, love, and wanted to work together.”
Gadkari added the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government brought peace to the country by firmly dealing with terrorism and insurgency. “Whether it is about almost winning over the Maoist problem or securing the country from Pakistan-sponsored terrorism,” Gadkari said. “There is China on the one side of our border and Pakistan on the other side. We want peace, not violence.”
