Three years after the war ended, China accused Indian troops of stealing a flock of 800 sheep and 59 yaks from Tibetan herdsmen at Sikkim border. China used this as a rather absurd excuse for a military confrontation with India in 1967. However, the then Jan Sangh leader and MP Atal Bihari Vajpayee found a unique way to protest against the absurd accusation of China. He led a protest by driving a herd of 800 sheep to the Chinese embassy in Delhi. The sheep had placards tied saying, "Eat me but save the world.". China had called the protest by Vajpayee an "insult" to the Chinese nation and alleged that it happened with the backing of the then government.