Congress On Clashes With Chinese language Troops

Mallikarjun Kharge tweeted, “We’re eternally indebted to the valour and sacrifice of our troopers”.

New Delhi:

Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge took on the BJP authorities at the moment over the most recent conflict between Indian and Chinese language troops in Arunachal Pradesh.

“Modi Govt must be sincere concerning the Chinese language transgressions and the development in any respect factors close to the LAC, since April 2020. Govt must take the nation into confidence by discussing this situation in Parliament,” he posted on Twitter.

Once more our Indian Military troopers have been provoked by the Chinese language.
Our jawans fought in a resolute method and some of them have been injured too.
We’re one with the nation on the problems of Nationwide Safety and wouldn’t prefer to politicize it. However Modi Govt
must be sincere..
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— Mallikarjun Kharge (@kharge) December 12, 2022

..concerning the Chinese language transgressions and the development in any respect factors close to the LAC, since April 2020. Govt must take the nation into confidence by discussing this situation in Parliament.

We’re eternally indebted to the valour and sacrifice of our troopers.
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— Mallikarjun Kharge (@kharge) December 12, 2022

Final week, Indian and Chinese language troops had clashed briefly on the Line of Precise Management within the Tawang sector of Arunachal Pradesh. That is the primary conflict reported this yr between the troops of the 2 nations. The large conflict at Galwan Valley occurred in June 2020, when 20 Indian troopers died for the nation and over 40 Chinese language troopers had been killed or injured.  

Since then, the Congress has repeatedly demanded that the federal government reveal particulars of Chinese language incursions and constructions close to the Line of Precise Management. The get together has additionally criticized the federal government’s dealing with of the clashes.

In January this yr, Rahul Gandhi had demanded that the Prime Minister break his silence on Galwan. “Our tricolour seems to be good at Galwan. There must be a response to China. Modi ji, break the silence,” Mr Gandhi had tweeted.

He made one other reference to Galwan throughout his Bharat Jodo Yatra final month, declaring that PM Modi has “insulted” the sacrifice of Col. Santosh Babu, who died throughout a fight with the Chinese language troops, by mendacity about China intruding into the Indian territory.

“You bear in mind Santosh Babu who sacrificed his life for the nation. I wish to remind you that the Indian Prime Minister, after Santosh Babu turned a martyr, advised the those that China didn’t encroach on Indian territory,” Mr Gandhi stated at a gathering because the Bharat Jodo Yatra handed by Telangana.

“If China didn’t encroach on Indian territory, then how did Santosh Babu turn into a martyr? Prime Minister has insulted Santosh Babu,” he added.

The federal government maintains that the clashes stem from “differing perceptions” concerning the LAC.

In October 2020, shortly after the Galwan clashes, Union minister Rajnath Singh had advised the Lok Sabha that  the completely different perceptions concerning the LAC had been on the backside of the repeated flare-ups on the border the place “the Chinese language and Indian perceptions of LAC overlap”.