At least seven fall foul of 2018 law banning diminishing of ‘heroes and martyrs’, with one saying loss of rescue team indicated more died than China has revealed.
The parliamentary standing committee on defence has decided to visit the Galwan Valley and Pangong lake in eastern Ladakh region which has been witness to a violent stand-off between the troops of India and China, sources said on Friday. The 30-member committee,chaired by senior BJP leader and former Union Minister Jual Oram and of which Rahul Gandhi is also a member,wishes to visit the eastern Ladakh region in the last week of May or in June. The decision to visit these areas was taken in the panel s last meeting which was not attended by the Rahul Gandhi, sources said, adding since the panel intends to visit the LAC, it depends on the approval from the government.
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It would be of critical importance for India to bust the narrative and try to project the real narrative on Tibet.
Tibet was never part of China.
There is no legal basis on the occupation by the People s Republic of China (PRC) and it is solely on a ‘self-serving basis’.
India needs to actively counter the Chinese historical narrative, which is an integral part of China’s strategy on Tibet which is misleading the world. Not contesting this has made it significantly harder to challenge other narratives such as the one on the South China Sea. It would be of critical importance for India to bust the narrative and try to project the real narrative on Tibet. Tibet was never part of China. There is no legal basis on the occupation by the People s Republic of China (PRC) and it is solely on a ‘self-serving basis’. Tibet is an occupied country and the PRC doesn’t possess sovereignty over it.
China uses VK Singh s unwitting confession on LAC situation to counter India His comments also assume significance amidst the backdrop of the on-going border tensions due to which around 1 lakh Indian and Chinese troops are deployed in eastern Ladakh, and both sides are showing indications of having dug in for the long haul FP Staff February 09, 2021 16:10:32 IST File image of Union Minister VK Singh. News18
China has picked up on Union Minister VK Singh s comments that India has transgressed more frequently across Line of Actual Control than the People s Liberation Army to counter India s position on the situation along the LAC.