New Delhi: Union Minister Kiren Rijiju has strongly condemned the renaming of a number of areas in Arunachal Pradesh by China and stated that the baseless claims made by China is not going to change the bottom actuality. “I strongly condemn China’s illegally ‘standardised’ geographical names given to 30 places inside Arunachal Pradesh. China has been making all baseless claims but that’s not going to change the ground reality and the ‘historical facts’,” he stated. Taking to social media platform X, he wrote, “Arunachal Pradesh is an inalienable part of India, and the people of Arunachal Pradesh are supremely patriotic Indians by all standards & definitions.”
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I strongly condemn China’s illegally ‘standardised’ geographical names given to 30 locations inside Arunachal Pradesh. China has been making all baseless claims however that is not going to vary the bottom actuality and the ‘historic details’. Arunachal Pradesh is inalienable a part of…
— Kiren Rijiju (मोदी का परिवार) (@KirenRijiju) April 1, 2024
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Earlier, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar additionally stated that altering names will not have any impact and the northeastern state was, is and can at all times be India’s half. Jaishankar was talking on the Corporate Summit 2024, introduced by the Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, and the Southern Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry, on Monday.
“If today I change the name of your house, will it become mine? Arunachal Pradesh was, is and will always be a state of India. Changing names does not have an effect,” he stated. “Our army is deployed at the Line of Actual Control…,” EAM added.
China lately got here up once more with its declare over the state of Arunachal Pradesh. Terming the Indian State as “Zangan–an inherent part of China’s territory,” the Chinese Defence Ministry stated that Beijing “never acknowledges and firmly opposes” the “so-called Arunachal Pradesh illegally established by India.”
In response, the Ministry of External Affairs, in an official assertion, stated, “Arunachal Pradesh was, is and will always be an integral and inalienable part of India. Its people will continue to benefit from our development programmes and infrastructure projects.”Â
Notably, the decades-old territorial and fishing rights dispute round Katchatheevu Island is within the limelight forward of polling in Tamil Nadu for Lok Sabha polls on April 19, with the BJP and the opposition engaged in a disagreement over the difficulty.
PM Modi on Monday focused the Congress occasion and DMK over the Katchatheevu island situation. He stated that Congress “callously” gave away the island. He additionally alleged the ruling occasion of Tamil Nadu did “nothing” to safeguard the state’s pursuits.
“Eye-opening and startling! New facts reveal how Congress callously gave away #Katchatheevu. This has angered every Indian and reaffirmed in people’s minds–we can’t ever trust Congress! Weakening India’s unity, integrity and interests has been Congress’ way of working for 75 years and counting,” PM Modi stated in a submit on X on Sunday, referring to a media report.
Meanwhile, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge condemned the renaming of a number of areas in Arunachal Pradesh by China on Monday and urged the Centre to reprimand the actions of China whereas calling Beijing’s motion “ludicrous”.
Citing a media report that talked about China’s renaming of a number of areas in Arunachal Pradesh, Congress chief Kharge stated that when China resorts to such provocation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tries to hunt refuge by making a false narrative on Katchatheevu.
