New Delhi: Congress party on Thursday slammed the Central Government after the Defence Minister Rajnath Singh told Rajya Sabha that India and China have reached an agreement on disengagement at Pangong Tso in Laddakh in a phased manner, saying that there would be no "peace and tranquillity" till the status quo ante is maintained in the area.
While speaking to ETV Bharat, Congress MP Manicka Tagore said, "It was very unfortunate that any discussion was not allowed there. Under the name of secrecy, facts have been hidden. We have been raising this issue repeatedly, that the Government should come clean over the matter as it was not ready even to name China."
Raising questions over the Central Government, the Congress MP said, "How much area has been occupied by the Chinese PLA? What about the sacrifices of our soldiers who lost their lives? Who is responsible for that? The government should not play with the sacrifices for those jawans who died during the dispute with China when the Modi Government was sleeping."
Earlier today, the Defense Minister had said that both sides will cease their forward deployments in a phased, verified and coordinated manner. He said that the Chinese would keep their troop presence in the North Bank area to the east of Finger 8 and the Indian troops would be based at their permanent base near Finger 3.
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He also assured the upper house that India gas not conceded anything. Both the sides have agreed to a moratorium on military activities in North Bank, including patrolling, in traditional areas.
When asked about the matter, Manicka Tagore said, "The ground reports are different. Therefore what we are demanding is that the Government should tell truth, not lies, in the Parliament."
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has also made an attack on the Government, by tweeting, "No status quo No peace and tranquillity. Why is GOI insulting the sacrifice of our jawab and letting go of our territory?"
