India will not tolerate anything that hurts its self-respect-Rajnath Singh

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has said that India will not tolerate anything that hurts its self-respect. In an interview to a news agency, the Defence Minister said, India will not compromise on its pride.He said, being soft does not mean that anyone can attack our pride and we sit and watch silently. Singh said, national security has been a number one priority of the Narendra Modi government and it is providing maximum facilities to the defence forces. The Minister said, India want to maintain peaceful relations with all nations.

He said that no "meaningful solution" has emerged from the diplomatic and military level talks with China to resolve the standoff in Ladakh. "It is true that in order to reduce the standoff between India and China, talks were taking place on a military and diplomatic level. But no success has been achieved so far. There will be a next round of talks on a military level which can take place anytime. But no meaningful outcome has come and there is status quo," Singh said.

Rajnath Singh has said that he personally does not support conversion for marriage and questioned why it should be required. The minister said there is a difference between "natural marriage" and forcible religious conversion for marriage."In many cases, you may have seen that the religious conversion is being done forcefully and sometimes it is done under greed. Natural marriage and forceful conversion for marriage has a big difference and I think governments which made these laws have considered all these things,"  Singh said. He further said that the practice of mass conversions should stop.