Not Surprised, Jawaharlal Nehru Also Went: Sharad Pawar On PM’s Ladakh Visit

Pune:

NCP leader Sharad Pawar stated on Tuesday that he used to be now not stunned that Top Minister Narendra Modi visited Ladakh, and reminded that Jawaharlal Nehru had additionally visited the area after the 1962 struggle and so did then Defence Minister Yashwantrao Chavan.

Chatting with journalists in Pune, Mr Pawar recalled that after he used to be the Defence Minister in 1993, he had long gone to China and a treaty used to be signed, underneath which squaddies from each the perimeters had been to be pulled again.

“No-weapon treaty used to be additionally signed. Right through the all-party assembly with the PM, I had stated the (provide) factor must be solved thru diplomatic channels and we wish to create world force on China,” he stated.

“I learn in newspapers that following discussion thru diplomatic channels, squaddies from either side had been pulled again. If it’s so, then it’s excellent,” Mr Pawar added.

To a query about PM Modi’s seek advice from to Ladakh after the clashes between Indian and Chinese language squaddies in Galwan valley, Mr Pawar stated that during 1962, China defeated India in struggle.

“However (then top minister) Nehru had long gone there. Even Yashwantrao Chavan, who used to be defence minister, too had long gone to the China border and boosted the morale of the forces.

“When there’s a struggle state of affairs between two international locations and forces are concerned, the rustic’s management has to be sure that the morale of the forces is boosted. I’m really not stunned that he (Modi) went there,” Mr Pawar stated.