Speak on govt strategy against Chinese offence: Cong to PM

New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday demanded answers from Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his government’s policy and strategy to ensure that Indian territory is protected and Chinese “transgressions and construction” in Daulat Beg Oldie and Depsang sector of Ladakh are stopped.
Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s statement that there is no guarantee of finding a solution in the talks with China, raises questions on whether the Modi government has accepted Chinese transgressions and has admitted that they cannot push back the Chinese.
“What is the meaning of the statement of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, when he said there is no guarantee of finding a solution in the ongoing talks with the Chinese. Has the Modi government accepted Chinese transgressions and has admitted that they have no solution to push the Chinese back into their own territory, behind the Line of Actual Control between India and China,” he asked.
Posing a set of five questions to the prime minister, the Congress leader said the PM cannot brush aside these important issues of Chinese transgressions and build-up as it threatens “our territory and compromises our territorial integrity”.
“The prime minister must come forward and answer these questions in light of the statement of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and in the light of the new developments and the satellite imagery,” he said. (PTI)