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Indian forces will respond to any unprovoked attack to keep borders safe: Defence Minister

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in; color: #222222; line-height: 29.3333px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;">Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today said, Indian forces will respond to any unprovoked attack to keep the borders safe. Mrs Sitharaman was addressing a press conference in New Delhi about the achievements of her Ministry in the last four years. </span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in; color: #222222; line-height: 29.3333px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;"><br />''</span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in; color: #222222; line-height: 29.3333px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;">She said, it is the government's duty to guard the border and India will not stop if it is provoked. The Minister said, terror and talks cannot go hand in hand with Pakistan, adding that this is the government's stand which has already been told by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.</span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: 25.6px;"><font face="Tahoma, sans-serif"></font></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: 25.6px;"><font face="Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br />''</span></font></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: 25.6px;"><font face="Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">Replying to a question, Mrs Sitharaman said, there is no scandal in the Rafale deal and assured the nation that not a single paisa corruption was done. She also said, there is no shortage of Defence ammunition today. </span></font></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: 25.6px;"><font face="Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br />''</span></font></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: 25.6px;"><font face="Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">The Minister added that the Armed Forces faced funds shortage under the UPA government. However, there are no shortages now.</span></font></p>

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