Rajnath Singh to visit Bhuj airbase today, day after strong message to Pakistan

A day after meeting security forces personnel in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar, defence minister Rajnath Singh will visit the Bhuj airbase in Gujarat on Friday.

The defence minister is also likely to visit the India-Pakistan border area in the state.

Rajnath Singh is expected to review the operational preparedness of the armed forces during his visit to Gujarat, particularly in view of the recent military conflict with Pakistan.

Gujarat, which shares a 508-kilometre-long border with Pakistan, was one of the states that Pakistan targeted using drones during the four-day military conflict.

Bhuj was reportedly attacked using drones by Pakistan. However, the Indian armed forces successfully neutralised the threat.

Rajnath Singh visited Jammu and Kashmir, one of the worst-hit states during the military confrontation, on Thursday and questioned whether nuclear arms were safe in the hands of Pakistan. He urged the United Nations watchdog. International Atomic Energy Agency, to take Pakistan’s nuclear weapons under its supervision.