No power can stop India from becoming a major global force

Amid the ongoing tariff hike dispute with U.S. President Donald Trump, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday, without naming any country directly, accused foreign forces of trying to obstruct India's rapid economic rise by making its products costlier in global markets. "No power in the world can now stop India from becoming a major global force," he declared.

- SATYAPRAKASH SHARMA

BHOPAL: Amid the ongoing tariff hike dispute with U.S. President Donald Trump, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday, without naming any country directly, accused foreign forces of trying to obstruct India's rapid economic rise by making its products costlier in global markets. "No power in the world can now stop India from becoming a major global force," he declared.

Singh was speaking at the foundation-laying ceremony of Bharat Earth Movers Limited's (BEML) Rs 1,800-crore rail coach manufacturing unit, named the BRAHMA project, in Raisen district. The facility—the first of its kind in Madhya Pradesh—will produce coaches for premium trains such as Vande Bharat and Amrit Bharat, as well as metro coaches and other railway equipment. It will be built on 60.63 hectares in Umaria village of the district.

The Defence Minister said that under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership, India is advancing at the fastest pace globally, earning recognition as a "dashing" and "dynamic" economy. While calling it a matter of national pride, he alleged that some foreign entities were unsettled by India's progress and were trying to reduce the competitiveness of Indian goods abroad.