It was Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s personal involvement and guarantee that kept us focused and helped us rescue the 41 workers trapped in Silkyara, said General V.K. Singh, MoS for road transport, highways, and civil aviation, at Manch 2023, a debate platform organised by iTV Network.
He said it was a victory for the Modi Guarantee. Modi ji had earlier said that if any Indian got stuck anywhere in the world, then we promised that we would bring them back. Like we did in the Russia-Ukraine war, the Israel-Philisthin war, etc.
He said that during the rescue operation at Silkyara, I was there during the entire operation. “I was there the entire time during the rescue operation. I gave them a promise that we would bring them out despite all the difficulties. We have to put a pipe there to give them food and water so that they can survive there.” He highlighted that to achieve something, we have to face risk. “As an army personal, I was prone to take risks, so I believe that nothing is possible without taking risks.”
He further said that when I used to visit Kashmir in my childhood, people in Kashmir always asked me, ‘You came from India?’, at that time I used to wonder why they were asking this, as Kashmir is itself an integral part of India.
