Rajnath talks tough to China, says changing name has no impact in ground

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, addressing an election rally in Arunachal Pradesh's Namsai, denounced China's renaming of multiple places in the state and further questioned whether India renaming areas in the neighbouring nation would lead to them becoming a part of the Indian territory.Singh emphasised that China's actions wouldn't alter the fact that Arunachal Pradesh is an integral part of India.His remarks were made in response to China's decision to change the names of 30 places in the northeastern state, and he said that the ground realities remained unchanged despite such moves by China.

His remarks were made in response to China's decision to change the names of 30 places in the northeastern state, and he said that the ground realities remained unchanged despite such moves by China.

Singh said, “China has changed the names of 30 places of Arunachal Pradesh and posted on its website. I want to tell my neighbour that nothing is going to happen by changing the names. If tomorrow we change the names of some provinces and some states of China, so by doing that will those areas become a part of India? Because of such activities, the relationship between India and China will deteriorate. We want to maintain good relations with our neighbours but if someone tries to hurt India's honour then today India has the power to respond to it.”