"Jo Ucchit Samjho...": Rajnath Singh To Ex-Army Chief During China Tension
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In his memoir, ex-Army Chief Gen MM Naravane recounts Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's direction on the sensitive situation.
'Jo ucchit samjho woh karo' (Do whatever you deem appropriate), this is what Defence Minister Rajnath Singh told the then Army Chief Gen MM Naravane on the night of August 31, 2020 following a tense situation arising out of Chinese PLA moving tanks and troops in Rechin La mountain pass on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh.
In his memoir 'Four Stars of Destiny', Naravane recounts Singh's direction as well as a flurry of phone calls between the defence minister, external affairs minister, the national security advisor and the chief of defence staff that night on the sensitive situation.
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