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China’s dubious intentions were revealed yet again when reports claimed that it is building road and railway lines in Indian territory.
According to a Times Now report China is building rail lines near the Burtse Post area.
Members in the Lok Sabha on Monday voiced concern over intrusion by Chinese troops in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir, with crucial UPA ally Samajwadi Party objecting to the upcoming visit of External Minister Salman Khurshid to Beijing.
Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav took the lead in targeting the Government for “doing nothing” and alleged that it was acting in a “cowardly” manner in dealing with the intrusion.
Describing China as the “biggest enemy”, the former Defence Minister said during Zero Hour, “We have been warning that China has started occupying our territory. But Government is not listening to all this.”
He said the Indian Army has said it is ready to remove all intruders but there is no action.
“This Government is cowardly, incompetent and good for nothing,” he said, while objecting to the upcoming visit of Khurshid to China.
Amid continuous slogan-shouting by BJP members in the Well over coal issue, Yadav said he had raised the issue several times with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Defence Minister AK Antony, but to no avail. “I went to his (PM’s) chamber to talk to him. But no action was taken.”
Claiming that one lakh square km of Indian territory has been “occupied” by China, he accused the Government of “doing nothing”.
“When the Army Chief himself says the troops are ready to respond, why is the Government not issuing instructions to it ? They (China) insulted us in 1962. They are insulting us now in the world fora,” Yadav said.
He was supported by B Mahtab (BJD) and Sudip Bandyopadhyay (TMC), who demanded a statement from the Prime Minister on the incursion on April 16 by Chinese troops who have pitched tents 19 km inside Indian territory in Daulat Beg Oldie area.
Meanwhile, on Monday the youth wing of BJP in Jammu protested against the Chinese incursion in Daulat Beg Oldi (DBO) sector in eastern Ladakh and also blamed Centre’s wrong policies for the incident.
The Government recently admitted that soldiers of China’s People’s Liberation Army have intruded and pitched their tents 19 km into Indian territory in Jammu and Kashmir. Earlier, it was believed they had intruded 1o km into Indian territory. China appears to be adamant not to pull its soldiers back to the Chinese side of the Line of Actual Control.
Defence Secretary Shashi Kant Sharma and some other senior officials informed the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence that India has deployed forces to “keep a close watch on the border”, sources said.
Sharma and other officials appeared before the Committee after BJP members Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and Prakash Javadekar wanted to know the actual ground situation in Depsang sector of Ladakh where the Chinese incursion took place in Daulat Beg Oldie area a week ago.
The meeting of the committee was cut short as members were dissatisfied with the insufficient information provided by the officials and they were asked to report back at the next meeting on May 30 with appropriate and exact details of the situation.
The officials told the Committee that Indian Army patrols reported on April 16 the presence of Chinese People’s Liberation Army in Depsang, pitching tents 19 km inside the LAC, the sources said.
Source : Niti Central
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