Punjab CM calls for change in GoI police to allow soldiers to open fire in self-defence and to protect land at LAC
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder has urged the Centre to changes its policy to allow soldiers at the borders to open fire in their own defence and for protecting the nation’s territorial integrity.
The Chief Minister said in his Facebook Live, #AskCaptain, that the Government of India policy should be that “if they kill one of ours, we should kill 5 of theirs.” It was absolutely wrong to send soldiers unarmed or not to allow them to defend themselves, he said. Adding, he said that when he and his Army colleagues used to go patrolling, during his posting along the LAC for two years, they carried all kinds of weapons.
“We are in the nuclear era and we are carrying and being beaten by dandas!” quipped the Chief Minister, expressing shock at the fact that 20 Indian soldiers, including four from Punjab, had lost their lives in an attack by lathi wielding and stone-throwing Chinese, who he asserted simply could not be trusted.
Talking about the demise of four Punjabi soldiers in the Galwan Valley face-off, the Chief Minister said it was extremely unfortunate, even though “as army men, we are always prepared to take the bullet.”
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Besides increasing the compensation for their next of kin from Rs 12 lakh to Rs 50 lakh, his government has decided to name schools after the martyrs, said Captain Amarinder. Adding, he also said that he had spoken to two of the families so far.
-PTC News
