NEW DELHI: Opposition leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said on Tuesday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s absence from Parliament when a resolution on the situation between India and China was passed shows that the government fears the situation will be discussed. imminent.
Today Defense Minister Rajnath Singh delivered his statement on the situation between India and China in Ladakh. For the Congress Party, the country is the most important. In 1962, when the war between India and China took place, the Opposition leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee asked about the situation at the border. Then-Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru accepted the demand and there was a two-day discussion in parliament about the war and the border situation, “Chowdhury told reporters here.
Parliamentarians in Congress organized a Lok Sabha strike after the government rejected the opposition’s demand for a discussion on the issue of the India-China border.
“This government did not allow us to speak in parliament. They fear that if Congress asks something, then they will have no answer. When a resolution on the India-China situation was passed, Prime Minister Modi was absent. He is afraid to hold a discussion. in parliament, “he said, adding that the party had to withdraw to express its message to the country.
Congressional spokesman Randeep Singh Surjewala also said the government should give an answer on whether China has invaded Indian territory at specific positions across the border.
“The whole country is proud of the armed forces and that is why we are speaking here. But the prime minister is absent in parliament when a resolution on the border situation is being approved,” he said.
“Our questions are very simple. Has China occupied Indian territory? Second, have the Chinese invaded the plains of Depsang, Gogra, Lake Pangong-Tso to finger 8, the Y-junction in Bhutan, the Lipulekh in Uttarakhand and Arunachal Pradesh – the government must answer these questions, “he added.
He further said that the Prime Minister should apologize to the nation if the answers to the above questions are affirmative, as he said on June 19, 2020, that the Chinese have not entered Indian territory.
Meanwhile, Congressional Leader Shashi Tharoor tweeted: “Defense Minister criticized China for transgressing LAC, could the government explain why the Prime Minister had issued an extraordinary statement claiming that China had not entered our territory? Presumably, the government has changed the position of the prime minister.? ”
“Another question: given that the Defense Minister says that both countries agreed in the talks to respect LAC, but separately he says that the two countries have different perceptions of where LAC stands, isn’t that a recipe for another confrontation? insist on the status quo ante? “he added.
Earlier today, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh said that China began disrupting the normal and traditional patrol pattern of Indian troops in the Galwan Valley in May this year, prompting fighting conditions between the two armies.
“Starting in April, the number of Chinese armies and their armaments was observed on the eastern Ladakh border. In early May, China began to disrupt the normal and traditional patrol pattern of our troops in the valley region of Galwan, sparking clashes Ground commander level meetings were also taking place, “Singh said while speaking at Lok Sabha today.
The two countries have been at odds since April-May and the Chinese have refused to vacate locations in the Finger area and other sticking points in the eastern Ladakh area.
Multiple rounds of talks have also yielded no significant results in easing tensions and now the Indian side has prepared for a long-term deployment in the high mountainous region.
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