VRGR '%&((!1#VCEB R BP A"'!#$#1!$"#0$"T utqBVQWBuxy( 7(( H ." 345..)64.I8." "%64.I8."I ,.$/%),!'0 B<9 "%+ ,,-' B*:4%;3*8845 !14 56 2/3 +;*<<-#:!;<;*:; /;:;< !/9;'/:!;9-!'/'*F;! -!*C*;::DE; F-!9-E/0 -F+-'$-<-G:$--( !*;:'/(;F-! '*1/*!-# !" 1 21 3*&4 $ %'( $) R :#* **: * R P ! "# $ $ "# P " * ;#;<'/ day after Prime Minister ."4""."+" * ;#;<'/ tors of India-China border ANarendra Modi stated .549" areas, including in Galwan val- M before all-party meeting that )"%.44 ndia and China are now ley. They abide by it scrupu- M Chinese “neither entered our 4.<*9"3. Iengaged in a bitter war of lously here, as they do else- territory nor has any post been 3.44." words for status of the Galwan where, the MEA said. ! " taken over by them on the - valley with China laying claim The armies of the two #$" Indian side”, the Government 434."..". to it and India terming it a countries are in a stand-off here % &' on Saturday issued a clarifica- 45" “exaggerated and untenable” for the last one month after the % !# tion that focussed on the .3345;* assertion. Chinese army stopped an Q % ! bloody clash on the night of -4L4. China fired the first shot Indian patrol and objected to Q ! June 15 between Chinese and when it added a new twist to the construction of a bridge. <*9M;*L." Indian jawans but remained ..3<*9M ongoing tension at the Line of India, all along, has main- )% silent on which side of the LAC Actual Control (LAC) in tained that the bridge and the *+ ! it took place. 434."43 Ladakh by laying claim to the 250-km Shyok-Daulat Beg The Prime Minister’s 345%.3@."3. entire Galwan valley and blam- Oldie road running parallel to ,-.* Office (PMO) said attempts are 8"%4 ing India for fomenting trou- the LAC is in its region and the ! being made to give “mischie- "."./"". ble leading to the bloody clash- Chinese have no right to inter- $/ Q " vous interpretation” to Prime )39""O es on June 15 leading to killing fere. Incidentally, India has fin- ! / Minister’s remarks at the all- ""... of 20 India soldiers. ished the construction of the 60 party meeting while referring “India hit back by saying metre bridge in the valley. !0 to the Galwan valley clash in the PM faced barrage of ques- LAC (unhe rokte hain, unhe regards transgression of LAC, the position with regard to The Chinese official state- 1 ,-.,2 Ladakh on the intervening tion from military experts and tokte hain),” said the statement it was clearly stated that the vio- Galwan valley area has been ment issued through its 3 455 nights of June 15-16. strategic analysts on how the from the PMO. lence in Galwan on June 15 historically clear. Attempts by Embassy in the early hours of 6 “As regards transgression of Indian soldiers were killed if Attempts are being made in arose because Chinese side Chinese side to now advance Saturday came hours after " ! LAC, it was clearly stated that the Chinese side didn’t intrude some quarters to give a mis- was seeking to erect structures exaggerated and untenable Prime Minister Narendra the violence in Galwan on into our territory. chievous interpretation to just across the LAC and refused claims with regard to LAC Modi’s meeting with heads of 7 $ " June 15 arose because Chinese But the statement didn’t remarks by the Prime Minister to desist from such actions,” the there aren’t acceptable. They all parties on the bloody brawl " / !0 2 side was seeking to erect struc- clarify if across the LAC has on Friday, it said. PMO said. aren’t in accordance with in the Galwan Valley and situ- 8 tures just across the LAC and been used to describe the “The all-party meeting was The Prime Minister paid China’s own past position,” ation on the LAC. 6 % refused to desist from such Indian side of the LAC or also informed that this time, glowing tributes to the valour Ministry of External Affair In its statement the actions,” clarified the PMO. Chinese side. Chinese forces have come in and patriotism of our armed said in a statement on Saturday. Chinese Government said “the #! ! Q 2 The clarification does not “The Prime Minister was much larger strength to the forces “who repulsed the The MEA also said Indian Galwan Valley is located on the $ ! $ % %! match with what has been stat- clear that India would respond LAC and that the Indian designs of the Chinese there”. troops were fully familiar with Chinese side of the LAC in the 9 2 %/ ed by the Ministry of External firmly to any attempts to trans- response is commensurate. As Turn to Page 4 the alignment of LAC in all sec- western section of the Sino- ! " Affairs (MEA) three times. gress the Line of Actual Control Indian border.” On Tuesday, " $ $ The PMO said structures (LAC). In fact, he specifically the People’s Liberation Army’s “across the LAC” while the emphasised that in contrast to (PLA) Western Theatre : 2 MEA had said “on our side of the past neglect of such chal- Command spokesman Colonel " & the LAC”. lenges, Indian forces now deci- Zhang Shuili said, “China " '" The clarification came after sively counter any violations of always owns sovereignty over !' " the Galwan Valley region.” Reacting to the PLA statement, " " " 2 India’s Ministry of External $ " ' Affairs described the claims as “exaggerated and untenable. "!$L ! Accusing China of trying " $ * to create hindrance in patrol " " M %/M duty performed by Indian ! # jawans, the MEA said, “Since ! early May 2020, Chinese have $ ' 2/ been hindering India’s normal " & patrolling pattern in the area. 2 This resulted in face-off which +' , ," $ was addressed by ground com- !" ! " ' 2 3 4 ! manders. We don’t accept the "&. 6 % * ;#;<'/ Narendra Modi’s concluding ! 5 * contention that India was uni- # $*! M remarks at the all-party meet- laterally changing status quo.” M n one of his sharpest attacks ing on the border issue with Turn to Page 4 !!" &#$ 2 Ion the Prime Minister, for- China, the Congress stated / 0 Q mer Congress chief Rahul that the PMO’s statement was # Q% " " Gandhi on Sunday alleged “clearly a lame attempt to # & Q Narendra Modi has “surren- obfuscate the truth”. ! R& 'Q ( %R $ " 1 " ! Q dered” Indian territory to Former Union Minister P &2 Chinese aggression. Chidambaram too hit out at * ;#;<'/ ) & $ " A day after the Prime Modi and said his statements at !"#$%")./"" Minister asserted that the the all-party meeting as the Chinese People’s Liberation Washington: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has 010.."3. ! Chinese troops did not intrude is “baffling” and left everyone HArmy re-entered Doklam? BJP leader criticised the Chinese Army for “escalating” the bor- .%." 2 & % /! into the Indian territory, Rahul “bewildered”. and Rajya Sabha member Subramanian der tension with India and militarising the strategic "%3.4%. 5 Gandhi asked why and where “It is quite obvious that the Swamy on Saturday referred to interna- South China Sea as he described the ruling 5""36 were the Indian soldiers killed PM’s statement contradicts the tional media reports to ask if China has Communist Party of China as a “rogue actor”. "3." " "45 # & ! if the land, where the “violent earlier statements made by the scrapped the agreement on Doklam with In a scathing attack on the Chinese Government, ." 4 face-off” happened, was a Army chief, the Defence India which the two nations had agreed Pompeo said the Communist Party of China wants %"."O."%8 % Chinese territory. Minister and the Foreign upon last year. to undo all the progress the free world has made %. 4.". ! “The PM has surrendered Minister. PM Modi’s remarks China had agreed to withdraw troops through institutions like the NATO and adopt a new ."6 9 2 Indian territory to Chinese have left everyone baffled and from Dokhlam after the agreement, how- set of rules and norms that accommodate Beijing. ! aggression. If the land was bewildered. If no Chinese ever, with the ongoing situation over LAC, “The People’s Liberation Army has escalated bor- & Chinese: 1. Why were our sol- troops have crossed into our Swamy quoted sources as saying the der tensions with India, the world’s most populous & / diers killed? 2. Where were they territory what was the face-off Chinese People’s Liberation Army has re- democracy. It’s militarising the South China Sea and ' '%!)*8.30 ! killed?” Rahul asked through a on May 5 and May 6. Where entered Doklam, and asked the illegally claiming more territory there, threatening .""%"5.%8 M tweet message. were our troops martyred and Government to clarify on the issue if its true vital sea lanes,” Pompeo said, a day after he expressed 3."%" " Q Hours after the PMO injured,” asked Chidambaram. or baseless. condolences on the death of 20 Indian soldiers. PTI "."98" ) M issued a clarification regarding Turn to Page 4 Turn to Page 4 Detailed report on P4 "%5."%.":6 ! % Q ! 3 2