Rijiju: Area the place China constructed village below occupation since Cong regime
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Hours after Congress chief Rahul Gandhi attacked the federal government over the reported development of a Chinese village in Arunachal Pradesh, Union minister Kiren Rijiju responded by saying the world in query was below Chinese occupation because the Congress’s regime.
Rijiju, the Lok Sabha Member from Arunachal West, tweeted, “Those locations you are referring to have been under Chinese occupation since very-very long Congress regime in India. How can a national leader is ignorant and unaware of sensitive facts?”
Meanwhile, sources within the Army stated that the “model village” in query, inbuilt Arunachal’s Upper Subansiri district, “has been in adverse occupation since 1959”. They stated there was an Assam Rifles publish on the location, which was overrun by the Chinese in 1959, and so they have maintained their place there ever since.
The sources added that China has been constructing related infrastructure in all sectors alongside the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and Indian forces are monitoring them. They stated that India too is strengthening the infrastructure on its aspect.
“The real situation is that they are working on their side, we are working on our side,” they stated.
The sources stated the present incident hasn’t shocked the forces. “This has been monitored and known for a long time, and has not caught the forces by alarm,” they talked about.
On Monday, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in a press release had stated, “We have seen recent reports on China undertaking construction work along the border areas with India. China has undertaken such infrastructure construction activity in the past several years. In response, our Government too has stepped up border infrastructure including the construction of roads, bridges etc, which has provided much needed connectivity to the local population along the border.”
The ministry added that the federal government “remains committed to the objective of creating infrastructure along the border areas for the improvement of livelihood of its citizens, including in Arunachal Pradesh” and it “keeps a constant watch on all developments having a bearing on India’s security and takes all the necessary measures to safeguard its sovereignty and territorial integrity”.
