Taking a sharp swipe at the United States, the Indian Army on Tuesday posted a newspaper clip from August 5, 1971, recalling how America had supplied weapons to Pakistan in the lead-up to the Indo-Pak war. Captioned “This day, that year’s buildup of war, August 5, 1971,” the post reminds of the decades-old US inclination towards Islamabad. The article quoted then Defence Production Minister VC Shukla in Rajya Sabha, revealing how NATO powers and the Soviet Union were consulted over Pakistan’s arms build-up during its aggression in Bangladesh.
