<span style="color: #222222;">Prime Minister Narendra Modi has greeted the nation on the occasion of Kargil Vijay Diwas calling it a victory of high morale and bravery of armed forces. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Addressing the nation in Mann Ki Baat programme on All India Radio today, Mr Modi saluted the brave soldiers as well as their mothers. He said, it was on this very day 21 years ago that the Army unfurled the flag of victory in the battle of Kargil.<br />''                        <br />'' Mr Modi stated that India can never forget the circumstances under which the battle of Kargil took place. He said Pakistan had embarked upon this misadventure, nursing delusions of encroaching upon the Indian soil, to distract attention from the internal strife prevailing there. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">It happened when India was making efforts to foster cordial relations with Pakistan but the country responded by backstabbing. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He lauded the Indian Army, its valour and said the whole world witnessed the country's might.                         <br />'' <br />'' The Prime Minister said that in times of war, whatever people say or do has immense bearing on the morale of the soldiers. He stressed that the conduct, demeanour, speech, and statements of everyone must distinctly be conducive to enhancing the morale and honour of the soldiers. He said countrymen bound by a thread of unity, with the Mantra that the Nation is above everything else, bolster the strength of soldiers. </span><br />''