New Delhi: Not an inch of land has been ceded since Narendra Modi becameprime minister, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju said in Lok Sabha on Tuesday,hitting back at an opposition MP who accused the government of giving awayIndian territory “bit by bit to China”.
Intervening in the discussion in the lower house on the situation inUkraine, Rijiju took strong objection to the remarks made by BSP MP fromJaunpur Shyam Singh Yadav.
“Everyone knows that our claimed territory under the control of China andPakistan dates back to earlier times. I don’t want to take anyone’s name.Since Narendra Modi has become prime minister, not an inch of land has beenceded,” Rijiju said after Yadav alleged that Indian territory was beinggiven away “bit by bit to China”.
The Minister said Arunachal Pradesh, which is a border state, is also “100per cent safe and secure”. “I come from Arunachal Pradesh. A TV channeldid mischief and, taking images from a foreign website, said that China hasestablished a village inside Arunachal which is false as that village hadbeen occupied by China in 1959,” Rijiju said.
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