Pentagon report: Congress asks PM to ‘withdraw clean chit’ from China, apologize

Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera said that the Prime Minister should respond and give a time frame as to when will the status quo be on all our borders with China by April 2020.

The demand came after Congress cited the Pentagon report.

Khera said that the Pentagon in its annual report to the US Congress has confirmed Chinese incursions. The villages across the border are of dual use with not only the civilian population but also serving as cantonments for the Chinese military.

He said that in June 2020, Tapir Gao, the BJP MP in Arunachal Pradesh, wrote to the Prime Minister and the Home Minister warning them about encroachments by China into Indian territory.

Khera said the prime minister and the home minister denied the violations and it has been 17 months since Modi gave a “clean chit” to China.

“That clean chit is a dark chapter in our history as it was used by China all over the world. China was enthused by this clean chit not only in Arunachal Pradesh and Ladakh but also in Uttarakhand, where PLA entered and our basic The structure was destroyed.” He told reporters.

“This is a very serious issue. The Prime Minister should withdraw his clean chit given to China and give a time frame to the nation and tell when the status quo of April 2020 is restored on all our borders with China, Is it Depsang Gogra Hot Springs, Daulat Beg Oldi or Arunachal Pradesh,” he said.

“We need answers, we need deadlines, we need dates and we need apologies for misleading the world that China has not entered our territory,” Khera said.

Indian and Chinese soldiers have been in a face-off in eastern Ladakh since April 2020 and even entered into a bloody conflict in which several soldiers were killed.

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