AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday alleged that External Affairs Minister Dr S.Jaishankar’s statement over China on India’s land is misleading.
On Friday, Dr.Jaishankar during a press meet in Pune, claimed that China has not occupied any of India’s land, but said that the situation along the Line of Actual Control remains ‘ Competitive, sensitive and challenging”.
While reacting to the Minister’s statement, Owaisi on ‘ X’ said the Leh SP report clearly said that our soldiers cannot go to 26 of the 65 patrolling points in Ladakh.
Is that not a denial of Indian control of territory by the Chinese? Are the Chinese not blocking Indian soldiers at Depsang so that we are unable to patrol the areas that were being patrolled till 2020, he questioned.
Is that not a loss of territory? Why else are we talking to the Chinese militarily and diplomatically? he also questioned.
“This government (Modi’s govt) has been hiding the truth. It refused to answer my questions in the parliament and did not have any debate on the issue. If there is nothing to hide, why are journalists not taken to the frontline in eastern Ladakh as they were in Kargil, he questioned.
“The fact of the matter is that since 2020, India has lost control of territory in eastern Ladakh to the Chinese. Our soldiers cannot patrol many areas and neither Jaishankar nor his boss are asking the Chinese for a return to the status quo ante, Owaisi said.
As with Modi’s “na koi ghusa hai” statement, China will now use Dr.S.Jaishankar’s claim to assert that there is no issue in Depsang, Demchok, and elsewhere, he said.
India will then permanently lose control of territory in Ladakh. That is the cost of misleading statements by the Minister, he added.
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