Rahul Gandhi has criticized the Center’s handling of the confrontation with China (Archive)
New Delhi:
The only discussion worth having with China is restoring their positions along the Royal Line of Control starting in March, congressional deputy Rahul Gandhi tweeted on Friday after India and China issued a statement. statement on the Ladakh clash after a meeting of foreigners. ministers in Moscow. Gandhi also attacked the Center, claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is shirking his responsibility to expel China from “our land.”
“The only” conversation “that can be had with China is about the restoration of the ‘Status Quo Ante’ from March 2020. The PM and the Government of India refuse to assume the responsibility of expelling China from our land All other “conversations” are worthless, “he tweeted. .
The only “conversation” you can have with China is about restoring the ‘Status Quo Ante’ as of March 2020.
PM and GOI refuse to take responsibility for expelling China from our land.
Any other “talk” is useless.
– Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) September 11, 2020
Foreign Minister S Jaishankar and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi met in Moscow on Thursday night, on the sidelines of the SCO summit, days after a new clash broke out on the southern bank of Pangong Tso, when Chinese soldiers armed with spears and rifles. tried to approach Indian outposts in an apparent attempt to force a physical fight along the lines of the June 14 confrontation in the Galwan Valley, in which 20 Indian soldiers were killed for the country. Shots were fired for the first time throughout LAC in 45 years.
At the meeting, the two countries agreed that the current situation in the border areas is not in the interest of either party and that border troops should maintain dialogue, disconnect, maintain adequate distance and ease tensions.
The ministers also agreed that both sides must respect existing agreements and the main peace on the border.
India and China have been at odds since April-May over the Chinese army’s transgressions in multiple areas of Ladakh. There have been dialogues at the military level, at the NSA level and at the ministerial level between the two countries, which have led to China’s partial withdrawal from the Galwan region.
Last week, India stopped an attempt by Chinese soldiers to invade Indian territory near the southern shore of Pangong Tso.
Gandhi has criticized the Center’s handling of the confrontation with China. Earlier today, he mocked the government.
“The Chinese have taken over our land. When exactly is the Government of India planning to take it back? Or will that also be left to an ‘act of God’?” tweeted.
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