India capable of giving immediate response to those who cast evil eye on country: Defence MoS Ajay Bhatt

In addition, he claimed that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India has become a world leader in all areas, including the water, land, and air.

“No one has guts to cast an (evil) eye on us because if anyone dares so, we are capable of giving an immediate response,” Bhatt said when asked about China’s belligerence in Ladakh He declined to directly address the topic on China, claiming he lacked the authority to remark on certain subjects. After officially opening the “Global Meet on Defence, Transportation, and Energy,” Bhatt was addressing to press.

India is now among the top 25 nations exporting weapons and defence equipment, according to SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute).

“We are supplying equipment, rockets, missiles, fighter jets, tanks, rifles, and ammunition in large quantity. We uses to first ask (other counties for these defence products). Today, the world is surprised that we are giving this to others,” he said, adding that India is on the path to becoming a global leader.

“For the first time, since Modi ji has been at the helm, our country is in the league of top nations which never happened before,” he added.