‘PM Modi is lying…locals say China took control over some area': Rahul Gandhi in Leh
Rahul Gandhi. India and its neighbour China have bitter border relations. The two countries have fought only one war, in 1962, but time and again, the border dispute has escalated several times.
Both these countries have devoted billions of dollars to building strong road infrastructure and airfields along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) - the de facto boundary separating them. During Prime Minister Modi's tenure, tension escalated with China at Arunachal Pradesh and LAC, and the tensions have still not simmered. Citing media reports, Congress general secretary Randeep Surjewala recently said, "19 rounds of talks with China fail, talks fail every time for last 3 Years".
Questioning the Modi government, Surjewala asked, "When will Indian Territory brazenly occupied by the Chinese be vacated and the Chinese Army pushed back?" Has Modi Government reconciled to the "ceding of nearly 1,000 square km of Indian Territory occupied by the Chinese," he asked. Rahul Gandhi on Sunday paid tribute to his late father and former Indian PM Rajiv Gandhi from the bank of Pangong Tso river in Ladakh. Rahul recalled a conversation with his father in which Rajiv Gandhi told him that Pangong Tso is the most beautiful place on earth.
"I remember, when I was small, my father once returned from a visit to Pangong Tso and showed me some pictures of the lake. He told me that this is the most beautiful place on earth. During the 'Bharat Jodo Yatra', I was scheduled to come to Ladkah but because of some logistical reasons, the visit had to be shelved.
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