India desires pleasant relations with neighbours however not at value of nationwide safety: Rajnath Singh

By Express News Service

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: India desires to take care of pleasant relations with all its neighbours however not at the price of the nation’s nationwide safety, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has stated.

He was inaugurating the ninetieth Sivagiri pilgrimage at Varkala close to right here on Friday. The Defence Minister’s remarks assume significance within the wake of India’s current border skirmishes with China within the nation’s northeast.

“We can change our friends, but not our neighbours,” Rajnath reminded, quoting former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee to emphasize the significance of sustaining good relations with neighbouring international locations.

“However, there will be no compromise on our national security,” he asserted. Rajnath stated India’s troopers had been fiercely guarding the nation’s borders by following the beliefs of non secular leaders like Sree Narayana Guru. 

Rajnath stated that whereas he was defending the nation’s ‘physique’ as a Defence Minister, non secular leaders together with these in Sivagiri, had been defending the nation’s ‘soul’. “A country can survive only if its body and soul are safe,” he stated. Rajanth additionally assured that works referring to the Union authorities’s Rs 17 crore price tasks for the event of Sivagiri shall be expedited.

Union Minister for State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan stated Sree Narayana Guru’s teachings primarily based on Vedas and Upanishads disprove the propaganda of individuals with slender pursuits that his beliefs weren’t linked with ‘sanatana dharma’ (Hinduism).  He additionally blamed the state authorities for violence, evil practices and growing consumption of alcohol and narcotic substances within the state referred to as the land of Sree Narayana Guru.

Sree Narayana Dharma Sangham Trust president Sree Narayana Dharmasangham Trust president Swami Satchidananda presided over the operate. The pilgrimage to Sivagiri, the ultimate resting place of famend non secular chief and social reformer Sree Narayana Guru, is held yearly for 3 days from December 30 to January 1.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: India desires to take care of pleasant relations with all its neighbours however not at the price of the nation’s nationwide safety, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has stated.

He was inaugurating the ninetieth Sivagiri pilgrimage at Varkala close to right here on Friday. The Defence Minister’s remarks assume significance within the wake of India’s current border skirmishes with China within the nation’s northeast.

“We can change our friends, but not our neighbours,” Rajnath reminded, quoting former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee to emphasize the significance of sustaining good relations with neighbouring international locations.

“However, there will be no compromise on our national security,” he asserted. Rajnath stated India’s troopers had been fiercely guarding the nation’s borders by following the beliefs of non secular leaders like Sree Narayana Guru. 

Rajnath stated that whereas he was defending the nation’s ‘physique’ as a Defence Minister, non secular leaders together with these in Sivagiri, had been defending the nation’s ‘soul’. “A country can survive only if its body and soul are safe,” he stated. Rajanth additionally assured that works referring to the Union authorities’s Rs 17 crore price tasks for the event of Sivagiri shall be expedited.

Union Minister for State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan stated Sree Narayana Guru’s teachings primarily based on Vedas and Upanishads disprove the propaganda of individuals with slender pursuits that his beliefs weren’t linked with ‘sanatana dharma’ (Hinduism).  He additionally blamed the state authorities for violence, evil practices and growing consumption of alcohol and narcotic substances within the state referred to as the land of Sree Narayana Guru.

Sree Narayana Dharma Sangham Trust president Sree Narayana Dharmasangham Trust president Swami Satchidananda presided over the operate. The pilgrimage to Sivagiri, the ultimate resting place of famend non secular chief and social reformer Sree Narayana Guru, is held yearly for 3 days from December 30 to January 1.