SURAT: Taking a jibe at China over its claims on the state of Arunachal Pradesh, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar stated that altering names will not have any impact and the northeastern state was, is and can all the time 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.
Recently, China once more got here up 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.”
Following this, India as soon as once more rejected the “absurd claims” and “baseless arguments” whereas asserting that the northeastern state is an “integral and inalienable part of India.”
The Ministry of External Affairs, in an official assertion, famous that the folks of Arunachal Pradesh will “continue to benefit” from India’s growth programmes and infrastructure tasks. “We have noted the comments made by the Spokesperson of the Chinese Defence Ministry advancing absurd claims over the territory of the Indian State of Arunachal Pradesh. Repeating baseless arguments in this regard does not lend such claims any validity,” stated the official spokesperson of MEA, Randhir Jaiswal.
“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,” the assertion added. China, which claims Arunachal Pradesh as South Tibet, routinely objects to Indian leaders’ visits to the state to spotlight its claims. Beijing has additionally named the realm ‘Zangnan’.
