Rajnath Singh to visit Siachen today to interact with soldiers

Defence minister Rajnath Singh will visit Siachen on Monday to interact with the soldiers deployed on the glacier, the world’s highest and coldest battleground, amid the ongoing national election campaign. “Leaving New Delhi for Siachen. Looking forward to interact with our courageous Armed Forces Personnel deployed there,” Singh wrote on X on Monday.

Defence minister Rajnath Singh. (ANI)

He was scheduled to travel to Siachen in March to celebrate Holi with the soldiers there but the visit was postponed due to bad weather. He then spent Holi with soldiers in Leh, where he called Ladakh India’s “capital of valour and bravery.”

His description of the Union territory drew attention to the Indian Army’s role in guarding the country’s farthest frontiers where the Indian and Chinese militaries have been locked in a dragging standoff for almost four years.