Rajnath Singh Likely To Address Parliament Tomorrow On China Row: Sources

New Delhi, Nation Now

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is likely to address parliament on the India-China border row tomorrow, sources have told NDTV. The government has been under consistent attack from the Congress, spearheaded by Rahul Gandhi, over the stand-off with China at the Line of Actual Control — the de facto border between the two countries.

The matter was raised yesterday at the parliament’s Business Advisory Committee meeting, meant to discuss and slot agenda for business for the coming session.

Asked whether a statement will be made on the India-China stand-off, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi had said keeping in mind the “sensitivities of the situation, and the strategic points”, the government will take a decision. The leaders, he had said, would be briefed at a meeting on Tuesday.

The government came under pressure to give a statement following the repeated transgressions by soldiers of the People’s Liberation Army at Pangong Lake and several other areas in Ladakh since April.

The matter sharply escalated in June, with 20 Indian soldiers being killed in the line of duty on June 15 — a first in more than four decades.

Twice over the last three weeks, Chinese troops had engaged in provocative action in the south bank Pangong Tso, a glacial lake.

But India was able to “prevent these attempts to unilaterally alter the status quo” at the LAC, the Foreign Ministry had said.

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