Indian defence minister alleged that Pakistan and China were working to”create” border disputes with India “under a mission”, multiple Indianmedia outlets reportedlink.
Singh made these remarks in a virtual event arranged for the inaugurationof 44 bridges built in areas near India’s borders with Pakistan and China,including occupied Kashmir, Ladakh, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh,Sikkim, Uttarakhand and Indian Punjab.
The bridges are meant to facilitate the movement of troops and transportingweapons, according to *NDTV*. Singh also launched the Nechiphu tunnel inArunachal Pradesh.
“You are well aware of the situation created along our northern and easternborders,” Singh said in his virtual address.
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“First Pakistan, and now also by China, as if a border dispute is beingcreated under a mission. We have a border of about 7,000 kilometres withthese countries, where the tension remains.”
Singh insisted that India had been able to cope with the challenges alongits borders under the “visionary” leadership of Indian Prime MinisterNarendra Modi and “was bringing major and historical changes”, *NDTV* saidin its report.
