PM Modi’s claim of not losing ‘an inch’ to China in Ladakh is false, says Rahul Gandhi

During this trip to Ladakh, the Congress MP also said that people of the Union Territory do not want to be run by bureaucracy and need an elected legislature.

Aug 20, 2023 - 15:30

PM Modi’s claim of not losing ‘an inch’ to China in Ladakh is false, says Rahul Gandhi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s claim that not an inch of land from Ladakh has been lost to China is false, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Sunday during this trip to the Union Territory.

Gandhi was referring to the prime minister’s statement made after the June 2020 clash between Indian and Chinese soldiers in Galwan Valley of Ladakh. Modi had said at an all-party meeting that India had not lost any territory to the neighbouring country.

Twenty Indian soldiers had died during the clash, while China claimed to have lost four of its soldiers. The two countries have been engaged in a border dispute since then.

On Sunday, Gandhi made the statement while speaking to reporters after paying a tribute to his father and former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on the banks of the Pangong Tso lake on the occasion of his 79th birth anniversary.

“Here people are saying that the Chinese Army has entered our land,” he said. “They say that now they cannot go to the place which was earlier used for grazing. The prime minister said not an inch of land has been lost, but that is not true. Ask anyone in Ladakh, they will tell you this.”