Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman is addressing the media at Indian women’s press corps in Delhi.
Here are the live updates:
No proposal yet to cut Army strength: Sitharaman
No proposal yet to cut down army strength. But the army chief must have discussed it internally, says Nirmala Sitharaman
Sidhu’s hug demoralised Indians: Sitharaman
Navjot Sidhu has a lot of admirers, he’s got his own following. Somebody of that stature going there and hugging the chief of the army; it certainly has an impact on the soldiers. It demoralises people.
Direct all questions to UPA: Sitharaman
UPA could have strenghtened HAL. Every question should actually go to them(UPA government), they didn’t take care of HAL, didn’t make agreement appealing enough. Negotiations with Russia on S400 have almost reached the final stage
Source: HindustanTimes