Bid to alter status quo thwarted

The agreement with China on disengagement of troops in Pangong lake area in eastern Ladakh does not involve India conceding any territory.

The Ministry of Defence on Friday rubbished Rahul Gandhi's assertion at a press conference that Indian Territory is only up to Finger-4 as "categorically false."

Reacting to "some misinformed and misleading comments" regarding the disengagement, the statement said the agreement has in fact thwarted any unilateral change in the status quo.

The statement adds that Defence Minister Rajnath Singh gave the factual position in an identical statement in both Houses of Parliament on Thursday and noted that the territory of India, as depicted in the Indian map, includes more than 43,000 sq km of land under illegal occupation of China since 1962.