Nehru also visited ladakh, Pawar sides with PM

NCP Supremo and former Defence Minister Sharad Pawar's  latest revelation is enough to embrass the Congress, who is continously criticising the NDA and PM Modi over Galwan Valley issue. According to NCP chief Sharad Pawar he was not surprised that Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Ladakh, and reminded that Jawaharlal Nehru had also visited the region after the 1962 war and so did then Defence Minister Yashwantrao Chavan.Speaking to reporters in Pune, Pawar recalled that when he was the Defence Minister in 1993, he had gone to China and a treaty was signed, under which soldiers from both the sides were to be pulled back.

"No-weapon treaty was also signed. During the all-party meeting with the PM, I had earliar said the present issue needs to be solved through diplomatic channels and we need to create international pressure on China," he said.

To a question about PM Modi's visit to Ladakh after the clashes between Indian and Chinese soldiers in Galwan valley, Pawar said that in 1962, China defeated India in war."But the then prime minister Nehru had gone there. Even Yashwantrao Chavan, who was defence minister, too had gone to the China border and boosted the morale of the forces."When there is a conflict situation between two nations and forces are involved, the country's leadership has to ensure that the morale of the forces is boosted.