Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said all humanitarian forces of the world would have to unite to defeat the demon of global terrorism. He was addressing a gathering of Army and Indian Air Force personnel at Leh’s Rimpoche auditorium.
He said India was committed to further strengthening and equipping its armed forces with modern arms and technology. Self-reliance in defence manufacturing, he said, would be achieved in the near future.
He also said a National War Memorial would be raised and it would inspire the country’s future generations.
Mr. Modi said the armed forces were closely associated with the local population in border areas like Ladakh, recalling how a shepherd Tashi Namgyal had given the first information of the Pakistani intrusion in Kargil in 1999.
This is Mr. Modi’s second visit to J&K. On July 4, Mr. Modi made his first visit as PM to flag off a train service from Katra, Jammu, followed by the inauguration of a power plant in Uri, Kashmir.
