Govt will take big, bold security decisions: PM

new delhi — Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said his government is committed to taking “big and bold” decisions on country’s security, and that whosoever poses a threat to India’s sovereignty, will be dealt with “double the strength”.

The prime minister’s remarks came as he recalled the contribution of the Azad Hind Fauj (Indian National Army) in the freedom movement.

In a departure from protocol, he hoisted the national flag at the Red Fort to mark the commemoration of 75 years of the establishment of Azad Hind Sarkar, the ‘government of free India’.

Traditionally, the prime minister hoists the national flag at the Red Fort on Independence Day. But in a first, Modi did so on Sunday because soldiers of the Indian National Army faced trials by the British at Red Fort. —

Had the country been guided by Sardar Patel, Subhash Babu and by those who did not see India through foreign glasses, then the situation would have been different. Just to glorify one family, attempts were made to forget freedom fighters such as Netaji and Babasaheb Bhim Rao Ambedkar

Narendra Modi, Prime Minister