India now knows how to handle Doklams: BJP's Ram Madhav

July 26, 2018 00:04

BJP General Secretary Ram Madhav today said India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi has become a confident and pro-active nation that knows how to handle Doklams, but has stopped dictating terms like a big brother to sovereign neighbours as was being done by the previous governments.

The cold war mentality if you are not with me, you are my enemy; and we are scared of you if you are talking to another country is no longer our approach, he said, while adding a caveat that India expects its neighbouring countries to recognize its strategic concerns.

Madhav also said that a conducive atmosphere was a necessary pre-requisite for a natural friendship, while referring to Pakistan.

He also said the Modi government has applied a policy of pro-active diplomacy together with strong ground posturing to deal with the border conflict with China.

Talking about todays elections in Pakistan, he said, Every elections we see with lot of hope. Our immediate western neighbour is going to polls today and in Pakistan we do hope that we will have a government that reciprocate to approach of our government.

The approach of sovereign equality, natural friendship not something based on conditions, he said.

However, he cleared that for natural friendship to happen a conducive atmosphere is a necessary pre-requisite.

-- PTI

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