Banka: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday came down heavily on Congress MP and Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi over his remarks on the Indian Army, cautioning him to “not drag the Army into politics.”

Addressing a public rally in Bihar’s Banka, Singh said that soldiers have only one religion, that is ‘Sainya Dharma’. He asserted that whenever the nation faced a crisis, its soldiers had raised India’s head high through bravery and valour.

Rajnath Singh said, “There should be a reservation. We (the BJP) are also supporters of reservations. We have given reservations to the poor. But about the Army?… Our army soldiers have only one religion. That religion is ‘Sainya Dharma’. There is no other religion besides this. Don’t drag our army into politics. Whenever this country has faced a cr

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