Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 21: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will visit Siachen, the highest battlefield in the world, tomorrow and interact with the soldiers deployed there.
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Rajnath was scheduled to visit Siachen Glacier on March 24 to celebrate Holi festival with the troops but had to postpone his visit due to adverse weather conditions. He had visited Leh and met the Army personnel.
Last week, the Indian Army marked the 40th year of its presence on the strategically significant Siachen Glacier.
The Siachen Glacier at the height of around 20,000 feet in the Karakoram range is known as the highest militarised zone in the world where the soldiers have to battle frostbite and high winds.
Under its ‘Operation Meghdoot’, the Indian Army established its full control over the Siachen Glacier in April, 1984.
“Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh will visit Siachen tomorrow. He will interact with the Armed Forces personnel deployed in the region,” Singh’s office said on ‘X’.
The Indian Army strengthened its presence in Siachen over the last few years.
Meanwhile, Rajnath Singh today asserted that considering the development taking place in India, the people of Pakistan-occupied Jammu Kashmir will themselves demand to be with this country.
Singh also said India was taking giant strides in the defence sector, maintaining that the country is fast turning into a defence-equipment exporting nation from that of an importer.
“PoJK was, is and will remain ours,” Singh said, addressing a rally at Siliguri in Darjeeling constituency, where the BJP has renominated sitting MP Raju Bista.
“The way the country is developing and its economy growing, the people of PoJK will themselves demand to be with India,” he claimed.
The senior BJP leader said India has attained a stature where no one can browbeat the country.
Singh also asserted that India does not interfere in the matters of others, “but if we are interfered with… You understand what will happen”.
India will be among the top three economies in the world in a few years, he added.
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