Sharad Pawar recalls visits by Nehru, Chavan to border post-1962 war

NCP chief Sharad Pawar has welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Ladakh calling it the right step to motivate soldiers. Pawar, a former Union minister in the Congress-led UPA governments, said that such steps are expected of the country’s leadership and sought to link Modi’s recent visit with that of late PM Jawaharlal Nehru to the region after the 1962 war.

“In 1962, when we lost the war, Jawaharlal Nehru and Yashwantrao Chavan (the then Defence Minister) went there (LAC) and motivated soldiers. Similarly, our present PM has done it,” he told reporters in Pune on Tuesday.

“Whenever there is such a situation, the country’s leadership must take steps to motivate soldiers,” Pawar added.