India had no defence policy before Prime Minister Modi, says Amit Shah

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said that India did not have a defence policy before Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power, and even if it existed, it was a shadow of the foreign policy. The union minister was speaking at the Delhi University's inaugural session of a three-day international conference on 'Revisiting The Ideas of India from Swaraj to New India' on Thursday.

Highlighting the anti-terror surgical strikes and airstrikes, the minister said that these actions showed the meaning of India's defence policy.

The home minister said, "Earlier, terrorists would be sent to attack us and there were similar attempts to do so with the Uri and Pulwama attacks. But with the surgical strikes and airstrikes, we showed what the defence policy meant."

Underscoring the scrapping of Article 370 which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir, he said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi abrogated Article 370 and Article 35A with the snap of a finger on August 5, 2019.

Amit Shah said Prime Minister Modi has shown how change comes if someone keeps the nation as a priority. Our idea of India also revolves around 'Surkashit Bharat'."

Mr Shah urged the youth to recognise their responsibilities to the country.

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