NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Wednesday wrote to Union ministers Rajnath Singh and S Jaishankar and sought clarity from the government on the purported Chinese build-up on Indian territories in Arunachal Pradesh.
Referring to new settlements erected by China inside Arunachal Pradesh in the last one year, Chaturvedi, who is also a member of MEA’s consultative committee, said the settlements are visible as per satellite images available in public domain. She sought to know whether the government will explain the situation on the ground, instead of resorting to petty politicking.
"China has been stepping up expansionism in the borderlands while our government is not even willing to call China out by name. The area where these villages have come up may be disputed, but international law forbids unilateral change of the status quo in such disputed territories. However now by constructing villages that were uninhabited but strategically important areas, it is seeking to challenge the international law," she wrote.
The Rajya Sabha MP added, "Will the government be transparent and clarify the actual situation on the ground? While our soldiers have been bravely fighting out these incursions it is saddening to see the political blame game being indulged in by the government. Till when will the government continue to blame the past to justify the present and future decisions?"