Defence minister Rajnath Singh at the commissioning of INS Khanderi. (Source: Twitter/Indian Navy)

NEW DELHI: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is going door-to-door around the world and creating content for cartoonists, said Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday.

Speaking after commissioning the INS Khanderi submarine at the dockyard of the Mazgaon Dock Shipbuilders Limited in Mumbai, Singh said there are some powers who want to do a Mumbai-like attack on Indian coastal regions, but "their desires will not be allowed to be fulfilled".

Attacking Khan, a day after his speech at the UN General Assembly, the minister said, "The Pakistan prime minister is going from door-to-door around the world and creating content for cartoonists."

"Pakistan needs to understand that the Indian Navy has become much stronger with the commissioning of the Khanderi, and the government is committed to strengthen the armed forces," Singh said, adding that the navy will take strict action against those who disturb peace in the region.

On the submarine's commissioning, he said, "It is a matter of immense pride that India is one of the few countries which can build its own submarines.

INS Khanderi was launched in August 2017. The state-of-the-art features of this Scorpene class submarine include superior stealth and the ability to launch a crippling attack on the enemy using precision-guided weapons.

The attack can be launched with torpedoes, as well as tube-launched anti-ship missiles, whilst underwater or on the surface. The Stealth features will give it an invulnerability, unmatched by many submarines. The submarine is designed to operate in all theatres, including the tropics.

Singh is scheduled to proceed to Goa from Mumbai to spend a day on aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya on September 29.

(With inputs from agencies)

