NEW DELHI: India’s Nationalist Congress Party leader Majeed Memon said thatthe Army chief should refrain from making any statements that can hurt theinterest of the nation.
“It is the duty of ministry’s spokesperson to address media if anything isto be conveyed, not the Army chief,” said Memon.
“He (Bipin Rawat) should refrain from making any controversial statement,it will go against the interest of the country,” he further added.
The Army chief’s had earlier said that Doklam is a disputed territorybetween Bhutan and China.
Responding to it, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang said,“Recently, two sides enhanced dialogue on consultations, and bilateralrelations have shown sound momentum of improvement and development. Undersuch background, the unconstructive remarks by the Indian senior officialsnot only go against the consensus reached by the two heads of state, and donot conform to the efforts made by the two sides to improve and developbilateral relations. It cannot help to preserve tranquillity and peace inthe border areas.”