Cong accuses Centre of hiding truth on China border standoff

After the Supreme Court rapped Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his comments that Indian Territory in Ladakh has been occupied by China, the party accused the Centre of hiding the truth on India’s ties with China post 2020 Galwan Valley clash.

Accusing the Modi government of pursuing "normalisation" with China, which the Congress said played a crucial role in Pakistan’s military operations during ‘Operation Sindoor’. The party charged the government with “obfuscating and hiding the truth” through a policy it described as “DDLJ — Deny, Distract, Lie, and Justify.”

Earlier, the SC rebuked the Congress leader Gandhi saying, "How do you get to know that 2,000 sq km of Indian territory has been occupied by Chinese? Were you there? Do you have any credible material?"

The Congress also highlighted that India had lost access to 26 out of 65 patrolling points in eastern Ladakh.

“Are Indian patrols now required to take Chinese concurrence to access patrolling points in Depsang, Demchok and Chumar, where earlier they exercised India’s territorial rights freely? Are Indian patrols not prevented from accessing their patrolling points in Galwan, Hot Spring and Pangong Tso by ‘buffer zones’ lying predominantly within India’s claim line?” Congress MP and general secretary (communications) Jairam Ramesh asked.

He also questioned, “Was it not widely reported in 2020 that 1,000 sq km of eastern Ladakh, including 900 sq km in Depsang, had come under Chinese control? Did the SP of Leh not submit a paper at the annual Director General of Police Conference, in which he stated that India had lost access to 26 out of 65 patrolling points in eastern Ladakh?”

He claimed the Modi administration’s approach represented “the biggest territorial setback India has faced since 1962,” and said the Centre has chosen normalisation with China out of “cowardice and misplaced economic priorities."

“Why did the PM give a clean-chit to China, saying ‘Na koi hamari seema mein ghus aaya hai, na hi koi ghusa hua hai’ on 19 June 2020, only four days after the Galwan incident?” Ramesh questioned.