Pakistan wants to break India by promoting terrorism and the Indian security forces foiled these plans in 1971 and now work is going on to eliminate terrorism from the root, said Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday. Addressing the Swarnim Vijay Parv celebrations at India Gate to commemorate 50 years of India’s historic victory in the 1971 war and Indo-Bangladesh friendship, Rajnath Singh said, “Pakistan wants to break India by promoting terrorism. Indian forces foiled these plans in 1971 and now work is going on to eliminate terrorism from the root. We have won in a direct war, victory will be ours in an indirect war also.” “This war also tells us that the partition of India on the basis of religion was a historical mistake. Pakistan was born in the name of one religion but it could not remain one. After the defeat of 1971, our neighbouring country is continuously fighting a proxy war in India,” he said.
“Swarnim Vijay Parv” is being celebrated at India Gate, New Delhi on December 12 and December 13, to commemorate 50 years of India’s historic victory in the 1971 war and the Indo-Bangladesh friendship. The event was inaugurated by the Defence Minister. To mark the occasion, a pre-recorded message of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Singh Rawat, who lost his life in a military chopper crash earlier this week, was played at an event at India Gate lawns in the national capital. This message was recorded on 7 December.