New Delhi, Aug 15 (UNI) In a clear message to China and Pakistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said India`s sovereignty is supreme and armed forces deployed along the LoC and LAC have given a befitting reply to those who sought to challenge.

“The world has seen in Ladakh what our brave soldiers can do to deliver on this resolve. From LoC (Line of Control) to the (Line of Actual Control), the country’s armed forces have given a fitting response to countries that threatened the country’s territorial sovereignty,” PM Modi said in his 74th Independence Day speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort.