TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ If Pakistan stops terrorism, the army would also “be like Neeraj Chopra”, Army Chief General Bipin Rawat said Wednesday, referring to the Asian Games javelin gold medallist’s gesture of reaching out to his Pakistani competitor. Rawat, while speaking at an event to felicitate Asian Games medallists from the army, also said the situation in Kashmir improved in 2017 as compared to the year before and in 2018, it was improving further.
Asked if there was any “sportsmanship” on display at the Indo-Pak border, Rawat said, “They should make the first move, they should stop terrorism. If they stop terrorism, we will also be like Neeraj Chopra.” It was quite a moment at the Asian Games when Chopra stood flanked by a Chinese and a Pakistani on the podium.
The picture of Chopra shaking hands with Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem, who won bronze, on the podium went viral on social media. Rawat said that contrary to the figures that keep coming up in the media that terrorism was rising, local youngsters getting radicalised and taking up arms were getting killed by the security forces or arrested or surrendering in 1-2 months.
