The Congress on Wednesday sought the government’s stand on the situation at the Line of Actual Control and specifically on Union minister ...
The Congress on Wednesday sought the government’s stand on the situation at the Line of Actual Control and specifically on Union minister VK Singh’s recent comment that India has crossed the border more times than China, The Indian Express reported.
Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury pointed out during the Zero Hour in Parliament on Wednesday that Singh’s comments have been covered widely in the media. “If it has happened, it’s fine, but why should we keep boasting about it?” Chowdhury said, according to The Indian Express. “Now China has picked that up, it has given our neighbour a chance to tarnish our image.”
He said that the defence minister should speak on the matter and the government should be careful that no one makes such statements as it is contrary to India’s official stand that it has not crossed borders of any country.
Earlier on Tuesday, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi had said that Singh should be sacked for his comments. “Not sacking him means insulting every Indian Jawan,” he had said in a tweet.
The controversy broke out on Sunday after Singh said that India’s border with China had never been demarcated, and that the two countries have differing perceptions about the de facto border. He said that this led to...
