Rahul took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi using his old “56-inch chest” remark made in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, tweeting, “Our national security has been unjustifiably compromised as the Indian government has There is no strategy and Mr 56” is scared. ,
In another tweet, the Congress leader said, “My condolences are with the soldiers risking their lives to protect our borders while the Indian government is churning out lies.”
Our national security has been unjustifiably compromised as the Indian government has no strategy and Mr 56″ is scared. My thoughts a… https://t.co/qq3c9Xa84h
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) 1636700081000
The dispute over the Chinese village prompted a report by the US Department of Defense that China has built a large village inside the disputed area on the eastern side of the LAC between its Tibet Autonomous Region and India’s Arunachal Pradesh.
In an official response to the US report, the Ministry of External Affairs said that India has neither accepted China’s “illegal occupation of its territory nor any unreasonable Chinese claims”.
In a weekly media briefing on Thursday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Arindam Bagchi said, “China has started construction activities in the last several years along the border areas, which it has illegally occupied for decades. India has neither accepted such illegal occupation. Our territory, nor has it accepted unjustified Chinese claims.”
However, an hour later, Chief of Defense Staff (CDS) Bipin Rawat said that the dispute over the Chinese coming into Indian territory and creating a new village was “not true”, and the villages were well within the Chinese side of the line. Control (LAC) K.
He also said that China has not violated the Indian “perception” of the LAC.
“The current controversy – which has flared up – that the Chinese have come to our territory and created a new village, is not true,” Rawat said at the Times Now Summit 2021.
“But what I want to say is that the Chinese are probably building villages along the LAC to locate their civilians or their military, especially after the recent face-offs,” the CDS said. ,
Attacking the government over the issue, Congress leader P Chidambaram said it was time Defense Minister Rajnath Singh drew a line in his ministry and asked the CDS to be “well on its side of the LAC”.
“It is time for the Defense Minister to draw a LAC in the Defense Ministry and ask the CDS to be on his side of the LAC,” the Congress leader said.
The former Union Finance Minister also said that from the Plenum to the 20th Congress of the Communist Party, the Chinese are laughing in every way.
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