New Delhi, Nov 26 (UNI) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said that terror attack like 26/11 in India is almost impossible as the national security architecture has been significantly enhanced in the last few year.
Today was the 12th anniversary of the deadly Mumbai attack in which 166 people including 28 foreigners from 10 nations were killed.
Mr Singh was speaking at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit.
Referring to India-China border standoff in eastern Ladakh, Mr Singh said the armed forces have been given a free hand to effectively deal with any attempts to change the Line of Actual Control and that the government will not allow any harm to India's self respect.
“I want to assure everyone that under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration, there will be no compromise on India's self-respect, sovereignty and territorial integrity,” he said.
Referring to the 26/11 attack, he said India is no more a soft target for terrorism due to variety of measures in the last few years, and added that Pakistan has been exposed as nursery of terrorism following diplomatic outreach by New Delhi.
“We can assure all the countrymen that now India has strengthened its internal and external security cycle so much that it is now almost impossible to execute another 26/11 attack on Indian soil,” the minister said.
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