The government on Saturday said some quarters were giving a mischievous interpretation to remarks by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the all-party meeting called on Friday to discuss the India-China border situation, adding that the PM has made it clear that the country will “respond firmly” and that forces now “decisively counter” any transgressions at the Line of Actual Control (LAC).
“Prime Minister was clear that India would respond firmly to any attempts to transgress the Line of Actual Control (LAC). In fact, he specifically emphasized that in contrast to the past neglect of such challenges, Indian forces now decisively counter any violations of LAC (“unhe rokte hain, unhe tokte hain”),” the government said in a statement
