Vice-President highlights Arunachal’s strategic importance for India
Vice-President C.P. Radhakrishnan visited Arunachal Pradesh to emphasize the state's strategic importance and its role in national security. The visit follows India's objection to a new UN map that depicted the region as a separate entity.
Why it matters
It reinforces India's territorial sovereignty claims amid ongoing border tensions with China.
Vice President C.P. Radhakrishnan on Wednesday (September 9, 2026) underlined Arunachal Pradesh’s strategic importance for India and said the State was an integral part of the country’s unity.
Addressing a special session of the State’s 60-member Assembly, he said Arunachal Pradesh plays a vital role in safeguarding India’s borders.
“Arunachal Pradesh has immense strategic importance, cultural richness, boundless potentiality of greenery, and above all, a great heritage. Arunachal Pradesh stands as a proud guardian of our nation’s border and is an integral part of India’s unity and integrity,” Mr. Radhakrishnan said.
“The rest of the country is safe because you are vigilant on our border, and you are protecting the border of Mother Bharat,” he said.
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