New Delhi:Stepping up the offensive against the government on the Ladakh standoff, the Congress on Sunday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had “endorsed the Chinese position” by saying there was no intrusion into Indian territory.
Congress leader and former Union minister Kapil Sibal said the government should not remain in denial.
It should not back down till the Chinese retreat and status quo ante is restored at the Line of Actual Control, the de-facto border between India and China, he said.
At an all-party meeting on Friday to discuss the situation along the India-China border, Modi had said: “Na wahan koi hamari seema mein ghusa hua hai, na hi hamari koi post kisi dusre ke kabze mein hain (Neither is anyone inside our territory nor is any of our post captured).”
The prime minister’s remarks triggered massive criticism, with the Congress accusing him of surrendering Indian territory to China.
It asked where the 20 Indian soldiers were killed if the Chinese military did not come to the Indian side of the LAC. (PTI)
