‘Many questions remain…’: Congress seeks answers from govt over agreement with China on LAC patrolling

In a statement, Congress MP and communication-in-charge Jairam Ramesh said, “Many questions stay astir the Modi government’s announcement that an statement has been reached with China connected patrolling arrangements on the Line of Actual Control (LAC).”

“We anticipation that India’s worst overseas argumentation setback successful decades is being honourably resolved. We expect that the disengagement volition reconstruct the presumption quo ante arsenic it existed successful March 2020,” said Ramesh.

“This atrocious saga is simply a implicit indictment of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s gullibility and naiveté regarding China. As CM of Gujarat, Modi was lavishly hosted by China 3 times. As PM, helium made 5 authoritative trips to China and held 18 meetings with Chinese Premier Xi Jinping, including a affable jhoola league connected the banks of the Sabarmati connected his 64th birthday,” the Congress person said.

He said India’s lasting deed its “lowest point” connected June 19, 2020, erstwhile the PM gave his “infamous cleanable chit” to China by saying “Na koi hamari seema mein ghus aaya hai, na hullo koi ghusa hua hai (Neither was anybody wrong India’s territory, nor was immoderate Indian station captured)”.

“This connection was made lone 4 days aft the clash successful Galwan successful which 20 of our brave soldiers made the ultimate sacrifice,” said Ramesh.

During the past 4 years, Ramesh said, Parliament was not fixed immoderate accidental to prosecute successful a statement and treatment to bespeak the corporate committedness to addressing the borderline challenge, arsenic was customary nether erstwhile governments.

Posing questions to the government, Ramesh asked if Indian troops would beryllium capable to patrol up to their assertion enactment successful Depsang to 5 patrolling points past the Bottleneck junction arsenic they were capable to earlier.

“Will our troops beryllium capable to scope the 3 patrolling points successful Demchok that person remained retired of bounds for much than 4 years?” helium asked.

He besides asked if Indian soldiers would proceed to beryllium restricted to Finger 3 successful Pangong Tso, erstwhile earlier they could spell arsenic acold arsenic Finger 8.

“Are our patrols permitted to entree the 3 patrolling points successful the Gogra-Hot Springs country that they could earlier spell up to?” asked Ramesh.

“Will Indian graziers erstwhile again beryllium fixed the close to entree accepted grazing grounds successful Helmet Top, Mukpa Re, Rezang La, Rinchen La, Table Top and Gurung Hill successful Chushul?” asked Ramesh.

He besides asked, “Buffer zones that our authorities ceded to the Chinese, which included the tract of a memorial successful Rezang La to warfare leader and posthumous Param Vir Chakra awardee Major Shaitan Singh, present a happening of the past?”