A repeat of 26/11 is almost impossible: Rajnath Singh

India has strengthened its internal and external security to such an extent that a repeat of the events of 26/11 is almost impossible now, defence minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday, the 12th anniversary of the Mumbai terror attacks. Addressing the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit via video link, Singh said the attacks that held India’s financial capital to ransom forced a reworking of the national security strategy. “What was previously considered nature’s fury also needs to be viewed suspiciously,” the minister said adding that the covid-19 pandemic had paralysed the world. On terrorism emanating from Pakistan, he said India’s response to terrorism has undergone a nearly 360-degree turn and the country’s defence mechanism now includes not only investigation of terror activities internally but also externally.