Speaking at the All Party Meeting convened by the govt, the Congress president urged the Prime Minister to share all the facts and the sequence of events beginning April this year till date
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday asked the government for an assurance that status quo ante would be restored and China will revert back to the original position on Line of Actual Control.
Speaking at an All Party Meeting convened by the government to discuss the recent violent faceoff between Indian and Chinese troops on the LAC that led to the death of 20 Indian Army personnel, she said the party believed that valuable time was lost between May 5 and June 6, the date on which the Corps Commanders meeting took place.
“Even after the June 6 meeting, efforts should have been made to talk directly, at the political and diplomatic levels, to the leadership of China. We failed to use all avenues, and the result is the loss of 20 lives as well as dozens injured. I would urge the Prime Minister to kindly share with us all the facts and the sequence of events beginning April this year till date,” she said.
Sonia Gandhi also asked about the current status of the Mountain Strike Corps, with two mountain infantry divisions, that was sanctioned in 2013? “Should the Government not treat it with utmost priority?” she remarked.
