Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday admitted Chinese herdsmen had entered the Indian territory in ladakh last week. The Chinese went back after the flag meeting between armies of two countires, he told reporters.
The incident is reported to have taken place on July 25 at the Charding Nilu Nullah Junction in the Demchok sector along the line of Actual Control in Jammu and Kashmir.
“The Chinese went back after the flag meeting,” Home Minister Rajnath Singh said here when asked about the reported incursion last week. An Indian patrolling team was dispatched to the spot and later a team of China’s People’s liberation Army also reached there.
The reports suggested that a flag meeting between the commanders from both sides finally resulted in the Chinese agreeing to move back the herdsmen a day after.
Meanwhile in the morning, Congress leader Manish Tewari blamed the Centre for lackluster attitude on tackling frequent incursions by China. “Ever since this Government came into existence there have been incursions by China along the border in ladakh. There was a map that was issued which showed parts of Arunachal Pradesh and Aksai Chin as part of China. Now, this latest incursion. In addition to this there have been 19 transgressions by Pakistan. Where is the coercive diplomacy of this governmentIJ” Tewari asked.
last fortnight, Chinese troops reportedly made two incursion attempts in Demchok and Chumar areas of ladakh sector in Jammu and Kashmir but were pushed back into their territory by Indian security personnel.
The two incursion bids by the Chinese People’s liberation Army (PlA) came even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping emphasised on the need to find a solution to the boundary question during their meeting in Fortaleza in Brazil on the sidelines of the BRICS summit.
The latest incident occurred in Charding Nilu Nullah Junction (CNNJ) in Demchok sector when PlA personnel entered the area on their vehicles claiming it to be Chinese territory. The PlA soldiers who wanted to have a round of the area were stopped by the Indian army and personnel of Indo Tibetan Border Police(ITBP). After a 30-minute long stand-off followed by a banner drill where armies of both the countries warned each other against moving a step forward, the Chinese PlA returned to their side, the sources said.