New Delhi :Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the issue of national security after reports that China has built a village in Arunachal Pradesh.
βRemember his promise β β??? ??? ????? ???? ?????β (Will not let the country bow),β Gandhi said on Twitter as he posted a link of a news report about the alleged βChinese villageβ.
Congress leader Randeep Surjewala also slammed the prime minister on the matter.
βModiji where is that 56-inch chest,β he asked on Twitter.
In a cautious reaction to the reports, India had on Monday said it keeps a constant watch on all developments having a bearing on the countryβs security, and takes necessary measures to safeguard its sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Congress leader P Chidambaram had on Monday demanded answers from the government on the issue, alleging that BJP MP Tapir Gao has claimed that China has built a 100-house village in the βdisputed areaβ deep into Arunachal Pradesh.
He said if the allegation made out by the BJP MP is true, will the government again give a clean chit to China or will blame the previous governments for it.
βMr Tapir Gao MP, belonging to BJP, has alleged that deep into Arunachal Pradesh, in aοΏ½ βdisputed areaβ within Indian territory, the Chinese have builtοΏ½ a 100-house village, a bazaar and a two-lane road in the last year.
βIf this is true, it is clear that the Chinese have altered the status quo by converting a disputed area into a permanent settlement of Chinese nationals. What has the government to say about these startling facts,β he had said on Twitter.
The India-China border dispute covers the 3,488-km-long Line of Actual Control (LAC). China claims Arunachal Pradesh as part of southern Tibet, while India contests it.
India and China are locked in a bitter border standoff in eastern Ladakh for over eight months.
India and China have held several rounds of military and diplomatic talks in order to resolve the eastern Ladakh standoff, but no significant headway has been made for its resolution.