New Delhi: Describing the situation on the tri-junction of India, Bhutan and China as alarming , the Congress today expressed the hope that the Government would take urgent steps to resolve it. Talking to reporters here, AICC spokesperson Sushmita Deb said,’the situation on the India China border is alarming. I hope that the Government is doing everything to contain it.’ She said that the Congress had always stood by the Indian Army on the issue of National security.
‘We have always stood by the army in matters of national security,’she said. While expressing its solidarity with the Government and its readiness to support any concrete steps taken by it to resolve the standoff, the Congress has, however, charged the NDA of failing to take strong corrective measures on National security In a major standoff on the India-China border, Chinese troops entered the state of Sikkim and destroyed two Indian bunkers. Chinese troops also engaged in a fight with Indian troops, who were guarding the border at the location.
Following the standoff , China refused entry to the first batch of 47 pilgrims who “were scheduled to travel to Kailash Mansarovar through the Nathu La Pass,” citing damage to roads due to rain and landslides in the Tibet region.
