Kargil Vijay Diwas: Rajnath Singh pays tribute to all the war heroes

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said that India is "well equipped" to give befitting reply to "anyone who casts an evil eye on us".

Addressing an event to commemorate 'Kargil Vijay Diwas, he said: "India has become a strong and confident nation which is well equipped to protect its people from anyone who tries to cast an evil eye.

"It is the spirit of national pride at the core of our values that protects the unity and integrity of India."

He asserted that the sole aim of the Narendra Modi government is to safeguard the interests of the nation and it has taken a series of steps to develop a self-reliant defence ecosystem that provides indigenous state-of-the-art weapons/equipment to the armed forces to fight all kinds of future wars.