Commenting on the incidence of cross-border firing by Pakistani troops, Union minister Dr. Jitendra Singh said on Friday that such sporadic incidents and continued infiltration bids prove that we cannot lower the guard against the mischief of Pakistan.

Nevertheless, the minister noted that there was a sharp decline in the cross-border firing along the LoC and International Border and violence was also down in the Union Territory of J&K during the last nine years, especially in the four years since Article 370 was revoked in August 2019.

Dr. Jitendra Singh was addressing a gathering after inaugurating a gate in memory of Martyr Colonel Narayan Singh (OBE) at Samba district of Jammu.

On the occasion, he recounted several path-breaking decisions Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken for the welfare of kin of martyrs, unlike the earlier governments.