Follow ‘raj dharma’, talk about reality of China’s incursions: Cong

POSING A SET OF FIVE QUESTIONS TO THE PM, SIBAL ASKED MODI TO SAY WHETHER THE ACTUAL PICTURE OF “CHINESE OCCUPATION OF OUR TERRITORY” DEPICTS THE TRUTH

NEWDELHI: A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Leh and addressed frontline soldiers, the Congress on Saturday said the time has come for him to follow his “raj dharma” and tell the people of the country about the reality of Chinese “incursions”.

Addressing a virtual press meet, Congress leader Kapil Sibal used satellite images of Ladakh’s Pangong Tso from May and June to show Chinese structures in the area and asked the Prime Minister to at least speak the truth about it.

He also asked Modi to stop doing the politics of “illusion and delusion” and showing “red eyes” to China, and protect Indian territory.

“The times warrant India to look eye-to-eye at China and unequivocally tell them to retreat from their illegal and brazen occupation of Indian territory. Mr Prime Minister, this is the only ‘raj dharma’ that you must follow,” Sibal said.

Posing a set of five questions to the Prime Minister, he asked Modi to say whether the actual picture of “Chinese occupation of our territory” up to the “Finger 4 Ridge” in the Pangong Tso area depicts the truth on the ground.

“They say ‘pictures do not lie’. Will the prime minister now tell the nation -- is this Indian territory on which radars, helipad and other structures have been built by the Chinese in a brazen act of transgression? “Have the Chinese occupied our territory in Galwan Valley, including ‘Patrol Point 14’, where our 20 jawans of the 16 Bihar Regiment made the supreme sacrifice? Has China also occupied Indian territory in Hot Springs?” the Congress leader asked.

“Has China occupied our territory up to ‘Y-Junction’ (18 kms inside the LAC) in the Depsang plains, threatening India’s strategic DBO airstrip, which is the lifeline for our military supplies to the Siachen glacier and Karakoram pass?” he asked.