Cong questions Modi’s Galwan claim with statement from MEA
The Congress Working Committee (CWC) on Tuesday questioned PM Modi’s claim of no Chinese intrusion into the Indian territory with a statement by the ministry of external affairs (MEA) very next day on June 20 that the Chinese side has been “hindering India’s patrolling” since Early May and China has attempted to transgress the Line of Actual Control (LAC ) in other areas of the western sector of the IndiaChina border areas” in midMay and the Chinese side sought to erect structures “on our side of the LAC” post June 6.
In a resolution adopted by the CWC meeting held through video conference and chaired by party president Sonia Gandhi, the Congress said: “The Prime Minister cannot allow his words to be used by the Chinese as vindication of their position when it is clear that the brazen transgressions into our territory were committed by them.”
It said the MEA statement of the Chinese erecting structures on our side of the LAC contradicts the very claim of the PM that “no one has intruded into Indian territory” and went on to pose five pointed questions, including one on the MEA contradicting the PM, for the government to clarify:
Why did the PM contradict the earlier statements of his own defence minister and external affairs minister on June 3 and 17 on the Chinese incursions with assertions of “sizeable presence of Chinese soldiers” and “hindering India’s normal patrolling" respectively?
On how many occasions have transgressions been committed or attempted by the Chinese forces into our territory in the Galwan valley and the Pangong Tso Lake area since April-May 2020?
Why the PM’s remarks at the all-party meeting last Friday that
“no one has intruded into our territory” were deleted by the PMO from its official statement of June 19 on being questioned by the Congress and other opposition parties and why was the PMO forced to give an explanation on June 20?
What steps will the Government take to ensure restoration of status quo ante?
Meanwhile, according to a US intelligence assessment, a senior Chinese general authorised his forces to attack Indian troops in the Galwan valley last week.
Sambit Patra told media. “There is no seizure of the Indian land, but mother and son are seeing the China gaining from a pact signed by Congress with the CPC in 2008,” he asserted.