The Congress launched an all-out attack against the Narendra Modi government over Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s statement on Thursday in Parliament on the status at the Ladakh border with China. The Opposition party alleged that the Prime Minister has ceded Indian territory to the Chinese.
Senior leader Rahul Gandhi said it is the responsibility of the Prime Minister to protect the territory of the country. “It is his responsibility to solve the problem,” Gandhi told reporters here on Friday. The Centre’s position at the beginning of the issue at the borders was status quo ante on April, 2020.
“Now sheepishly, the Defence Minister comes and makes a statement and we find that Indian troops are now going to be stationed at Finger-3. Finger-4 is our territory, that is where our post used to be. So, now we have moved from finger-4 to finger-3. Why has the Prime Minister Modi given up Indian territory to the Chinese? This is the question that needs to be answered by him…