Amid the continuing ceasefire violations by Pakistani troops along LoC, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today assured the nation that security forces were giving "befitting reply" to firing from across border and that the country will not bow down before anyone.
"I want to assure the nation that the security forces are giving befitting reply to the firing from Pakistan. We will not bow down before anyone," he told reporters here.
Singh said if countrymen were celebrating Diwali, it was because of the security personnel guarding the borders.
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