New Delhi: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday reiterated his claims about China “invading” Indian territory in Ladakh. The Congress chief termed the matter of China together with Arunachal Pradesh and Aksai Chin as part of its territory in its newest version of the ‘Customary Map” as a “critical difficulty”.
Talking to the media forward on the Delhi Airport, Gandhi mentioned, “I’ve been saying this for a few years… What the prime minister has mentioned, I’ve simply returned from Ladakh… What the prime minister has mentioned…That not an inch of land has been invaded..it’s completely false”. The Congress chief claimed that every one the folks of Ladakh know that China has “intruded upon” Indian land.
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Answering a query from information company ANI on China incorporating Arunachal Pradesh and Aksai Chin in its new map, Rahul Gandhi mentioned,” The query of the map is a really critical one. However they (China) have captured our land. The prime minister must also communicate on this difficulty”.
The previous Congress president was on his solution to Mysuru in Karnataka the place he together with Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge will attend the launch occasion of the State Authorities’s Gruha Lakshmi scheme. This scheme can be rolled out at a public operate in Mysuru within the presence of Chief Minister Siddaramiah and senior leaders of the celebration.
Below the scheme, one amongst 5 ballot guarantees made by Congress throughout its election marketing campaign, the state authorities will present Rs 2,000 month-to-month help to the girl head of the BPL household.
China on Monday launched the 2023 version of its “customary map,” which reveals the state of Arunachal Pradesh and the Aksai Chin area as a part of its territory. Earlier this month, throughout his go to to Ladakh, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi hit out on the Centre, saying that its declare that not an inch of Indian land was taken by China’s Folks Liberation Military (PLA) troops “is just not true”.
The Congress MP claimed the locals, too, contend that Indian territory was intruded upon and brought by the Chinese language troops, including that it was a matter of concern. “The locals listed below are involved about China taking our land. They’ve mentioned that the Chinese language troops took away their grazing land. Nonetheless, the PM says not an inch of land was taken away. This isn’t true, you may ask anybody right here,” Rahul had mentioned.
Nonetheless, India on Tuesday lodged a robust protest with China over the map difficulty and mentioned such steps solely complicate the decision of the boundary query. “We’ve got as we speak lodged a robust protest by diplomatic channels with the Chinese language facet on the so-called 2023 ‘customary map’ of China that lays declare to India’s territory,” Exterior Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi mentioned.
“We reject these claims as they don’t have any foundation. Such steps by the Chinese language facet solely complicate the decision of the boundary query,” he added.
Later, talking to a non-public TV information channel, Exterior Affairs Minister S Jaishankar rejected China’s so-called “customary map” that laid declare over Arunachal Pradesh and Aksai Chin as areas inside its borders. The EAM mentioned Beijing had even put out such maps up to now claiming territories that aren’t theirs and that it’s “an previous behavior” of China.
“Simply making absurd claims doesn’t make different folks’s territories yours. Let’s be very clear on that,” he added.
