Itanagar: People took out protest rallies against the alleged aggression of China into Arunachal Pradesh in Upper Subansiri district of the hills state on Thursday. Students organization of Tagin Community Tagin Youth Organization burnt the effigy of Chinese President Xi Jinping and slogans against the Chinese government and the President.
Protests started after satellite images by Planet Labs claimed that China has constructed a village consisting of 101 houses in the state.
Different local organizations have joined hands to carry out a massive protest programme against China at Tawang on Saturday.
Recently, BJP Lok Sabha MP from Arunachal Pradesh Tapir Gao claimed that China had illegally occupied some area near the Lency river in Arunachal Pradesh and set up a hydropower project. Gao had also stated that the illegal occupation by China is not a new thing and that it has been happening since 1984.
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Gao, who is also the president of the BJP, in Arunachal Pradesh had also stated that the Chinese government had also constructed two-lane roads near the power project along the Lency river.
The Ministry of External Affairs had earlier denied the reports of fresh Chinese aggression and said that China had only established a village right on the border in their country and was trying to boost tourism activities in the area by constructing roads.
Tezpur based Defence PRO, Lt. Col. Harsh Vardhan Pandey also said that the reports of China setting up power projects in Indian soil is just a rumour and that there is no truth in it.
