'Strong India following Netaji's footsteps, from LOC to LAC': PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose would have been proud to see that country has become strong and is following his footsteps from Line of Control (LoC) to Line of Actual Control (LAC).

LoC divides Jammu and Kashmir between India and Pakistan, while LAC separates India and China. Bose would have also been proud that government he dreamt of is fighting a pandemic with vaccines developed by it, and gave a befitting reply whenever its sovereignty was challenged, Modi said on occasion of 125th birth anniversary of Netaji being celebrated by Centre as 'Parakram Diwas'.

"I sometimes wonder how Netaji would have felt if he had seen how a new and strong India is taking shape," he said at a programme held in Victoria Memorial Hall here.

"Netaji had dreamt of strong India, from LAC to LOC we are following his footsteps. Whenever our sovereignty was challenged, we have given a befitting reply," he said while adding that country has a strong force and modern fighter aircraft such as Tejas and Rafale.