Rahul Gandhi is currently in Ladakh and paid floral tribute to his father by a gleaming Pangong Tso lake on an overcast Sunday morning. While speaking to reporters, he also claimed that PM Modi's assertion that not an inch of the land in Ladakh has been taken over by China is not true.
The people of Ladakh are concerned about their grazing land "taken over by the Chinese Army," Gandhi, who is on a tour of Ladakh, said after paying tributes to his father and former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi on his birth anniversary. “All the people (in Ladakh) say the Chinese Army has intruded and taken over our grazing land and they (people) cannot go there now.
They are clearly saying this even as Prime Minister (Narendra Modi) says that not an inch of land was taken over which is not based on truth," Gandhi told reporters. Meanwhile, Gandhi reached Leh on Thursday and is scheduled to visit Kargil either on Monday or Tuesday, depending on his engagements in Leh district, spokesperson said as quoted by PTI.
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