Rajnath Singh

The defence minister also took an indirect dig at Rahul Gandhi for "doubting" the government's intention in the handling of the border row with China and said politics can not be done on the basis of "falsehood".

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh addressed Parliament on Tuesday on the recent clashes between Indian and Chinese troops along the contested Line of Actual Control (LAC) last week. He assured the Parliament that our forces are fully committed to safeguarding our territorial integrity, and are always ready to prevent any attempt against it.

The Bharatiya Janata Party won by a landslide in the most recent state assembly elections, and Bhupendra Patel is set to take office as chief minister on Monday. Prominent BJP officials, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, will be present for the oath-taking event.

The BJP is widely expected to retain its power in the prime minister's home state, with all exit polls predicting a big win for the saffron party. Following the latest trends at 11:10 am, the BJP is ahead in 152 seats, Congress with 17 and AAP eight.

A befuddled Lieutenant General Babar Iftikhar, the spokesperson for the Pakistan Armed Forces, termed the statement by the 'high-ranking Indian Army Officer' as a vivid imprint of 'domestic political showboating' on Indian military thought.

Rajnath Singh will also hold bilateral talks with the defence ministers of the participating countries and discuss defence cooperation matters and ways to further strengthen the mutually beneficial engagements.

The leaders who will attend the road shows include Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, his Assam counterpart Himanta Biswa Sarma, Himachal Pradesh CM Jairam Thakur and Pushkar Singh Dhami of Uttarakhand.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had unveiled the logo on November 8. The Opposition Congress had accused the BJP of promoting its poll symbol - lotus.

LK Advani became a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) when he was a teenager and is one of the co-founders and a senior leader of the BJP. The veteran leader is popularly known for propagating Hindutva politics to the forefront in the 1990s.

The four-day conference will serve as a platform for naval commanders to discuss important maritime matters at the military-strategic level through an institutionalised forum.